Members of the Illinois Delegation Who Voted to Raise Taxes

[elleng]

Paid by Middle and Lower Income:
Peter J. Roskam, Mike Bost, Rodney Davis, Randy Hultgren, John Shimkus, Adam Kinzinger, Darin LaHood

[guillaumeb]

1. Coincidentally enough,

all are members of the GOP. And with the exception of Roskam, all are in generally safe GOP districts. LaHood got his seat from his father, Ray LaHood.

[nycbos]

2. Maybe not

Bost and Davis are in districts with an even PVI.

Hultgren is R+5 and Kinzinger is R+4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Illinois#Current_Representatives

With the right candidates they can be competitive. Have we gotten challengers there yet?

[guillaumeb]

3. As to Rodney Davis, a fairly new Representative:

http://www.week.com/story/35954798/fourth-democrat-to-challenge-davis-for-congressional-seat

[raising2moredems]

4. Kinzinger may not be so safe..

He has a viable Dem opponent this go round. His base is old and white (when he beat Manzullo, all we got was a younger version of Manzullo). His base is dying off and his district is not lilly white. His opponent will draw the Latino vote. Her challenge will be getting the Millennials/Gen-Xs to the polls. If she's smart, she'll connect up with mayor of Rockford's campaign folks. The tide is starting to turn in that area. Still a ways to go but at least moving in the right direction. My hope is the male-pale-and-stale era is coming to an end (no offense meant to those on this forum).