This was Hastert's old district, and very republican.
A friend of mine ran for a state rep. seat two years ago. She ran a good race, but lost in our red district. At least she made the little shit who is our rep. in Springfield earn his seat.
Two weeks later she got a call from a family member. All of her family are republican scum. She does not speak to them. The relative wanted her to challenge Underwood in a primary for this election. She was speechless and hung up on the guy. She has not spoken to him since.
A primary would have exhausted time and resources for Underwood. It would have been a way of weakening her. They realized that she would be effective and they wanted to get rid of her ASAP.
I think that is why she lost votes. The repiggies did everything they could to challenge her.
Another one they challenged was Cheri Bustos in the 17th Congressional District. They imported someone to run against Cheri and threw a lot of money at this one, too.
Cheri's district is not like Underwood's. But she usually wins her district by 20%. This time she had the fight of her life to win. They hate her because she is effective, too, and is moving up in a leadership position.
We have to fight them tooth and nail every damn time. We can see from this election how important every vote is. They are always trying to stay one step ahead. That means we have to stay three steps ahead.
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