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nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts) Tue Jul 4, 2023, 03:36 PM Jul 2023

The frontrunner for the 2026 IL US Senate Democratic nomination if Durbin does not seek re-election.

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Kwame Raoul?
Susana Mendoza?
Mike Frerichs?

Raoul has 14 years legislative experience. IL State Senate(11/2004-1/2019)
Mendoza has 10 years legislative experience. IL State House of Representative(1/2001-5/2011)
Frerichs has 8 years legislative experience. IL State Senate(1/2007-1/2015)

Raoul is going to get endorsements from Barack Obama,Brandon Johnson,and Toni Preckwinkle.
Raoul is one of the high profiled elected officials in IL that helped Brandon Johnson get elected Mayor of Chicago.
Raoul is popular with the Chicago/Cook County Democratic Party establishment.

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The frontrunner for the 2026 IL US Senate Democratic nomination if Durbin does not seek re-election. (Original Post) nkpolitics1212 Jul 2023 OP

Lauren Underwood would be great mucifer Jul 2023 #1

Kwame Raoul is a statewide elected official and is from Cook County which gives him the advantage nkpolitics1212 Jul 2023 #2

mucifer

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1. Lauren Underwood would be great

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Tue Jul 4, 2023, 04:30 PM

Jul 2023

Having a Black nurse senator who is liberal would be amazing.

nkpolitics1212

(8,617 posts)

2. Kwame Raoul is a statewide elected official and is from Cook County which gives him the advantage

Reply to mucifer (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 4, 2023, 05:21 PM

Jul 2023

over Lauren Underwood.
Tammy Duckworth was a member of the US House when she won the Democratic nomination for the US Senate in 2016 however Duckworth did not face any top tier opposition in the Democratic primary. Tammy Duckworth represented Cook County while serving in the US House, Lauren Underwood’s US House district does not include Cook County.

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