By now most political insiders already know that green yard signs will read, Quinn-Simon for the November 2010 election cycle. My perspective on the selection process might be slightly different from others, so, I decided to pen my own version. I covered the initial candidate selection process last week.
Crowds of Turner and
Krishnamoorthi supporters were shivering in the cool morning air when we arrived at
The Inn in Springfield around 9:35 a.m. on Saturday morning. These were the only campaigns that seemed to mobilize supporters. In advance of this morning’s event, I only know of three candidates who were working phones up until the last minute to get votes. Sheila Simon and Dirk Enger were calling all committeemen and Raja Krishnamoorthi seems to have invested about six weeks of time calling, e-mailing and snail mailing all of the 38 State Central Committee (SCC) members, was still calling for support.
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