What are Bill Foster’s chances?
Despite, the enthusiasm on the left side of the aisle, Democratic turnout in Kane was actually less than Republican turnout, though not by much (500 voters).
And many of those Democratic voters were interested in other races (the presidential), and didn’t bother to vote for a candidate in the special primary to fill the vacancy of Speaker Hastert. Kane Republicans cast about 35,000 votes in that special primary, and Democrats cast less than 30,000.
Jim Oberweis won nearly 20,000 votes in that special primary, while Foster won 15,601.
The numbers for the regular primary were similar, 15,824 for Foster, 22,000 for Oberweis (Kane Republicans gave Chris Lauzen 17,000 votes).
In Kane County at least, it looks like Foster will be fighting an uphill battle both in the special election and the general election.
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A lot of us registered republicans only voted in that primary to help lower level offices where we had promised a vote. I’ll be happy to vote for Foster in the general and the special election!