Gubernatorial Race
- The race between Pat Quinn and Bill Brady is tightening. Brady tries to smooth the whole thing over, but it may not take.
- Quinn supports an amendment allowing the next governor to be recalled.
Senatorial Race
- The doubts regarding Alexi Giannoulias’ time at Broadway bank continue to pile up. Today, the Kirk Campaign sends out a press release expressing serious doubt over Giannoulias’ writeoffs:
The Kirk for Senate campaign today expressed its serious concern over a comment made by Alexi Giannoulias on Friday to the Daily Herald indicating he claimed a $2.7 million tax-write off without any documentation to prove he worked at Broadway Bank for at least 500 hours in 2006.
“Mr. Giannoulias’ suggestion that he has no documentation to support the $2.7 million tax-write off he claimed raises serious concerns,” Kirk spokesperson Kirsten Kukowski said. “In June, Mr. Giannoulias said that when you run for office, ‘you need to be out there and be as transparent as possible and answer questions.’ We urge him to apply this standard to himself and explain how he could qualify for a $2.7 million tax write-off without any supporting documentation.”
- Appropriately, this comes as Kirk is just reemphasizing the economic aspects of his record, according to RCP. Still, Giannoulias has had a slight bump in the polls recently, making a drag-out fight much more likely. And both candidates seem to be marshaling their bases, courting voters and pulling out the big guns in preparation for that eventuality.
House Races
- Jan Schakowsky, Democrat of IL-9, mocks the Constitution and those who want to defend it. Hot Air has already gotten in its jollies mocking Schakowsky, as has Stop the ACLU.
- Schakowsky’s opponent Joel Pollak, meanwhile, is slamming Schakowsky not just for hating the Constitution, but for being corrupt.
- Meanwhile, Debbie Halvorson in IL-11 has been demagoguing trade issues and social security. It’s starting to annoy even the press.
- And Bill Foster in IL-14 is talking “toxic assets,” claiming that his Republican opponent is a salesman of them. It doesn’t wash.
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