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Democratic Primaries

guillaumeb

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5. And he was given his seat by his father, the previous Representative.

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 18, 2020, 02:50 PM

Mar 2020

Lipinski the 1st decided after the primaries were over to not run, and pressured the local politicians to appoint his son as his successor.

Dan, the son, might be the most uninspiring speaker I have ever listened to. And he refused to hold town hall meetings, preferring photo ops.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Marie Newman has defeated Dan Lipinski in the IL 3rd District. [View all] guillaumeb Mar 2020 OP

Thank God. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #1

He won his primary, correct? guillaumeb Mar 2020 #2

I believe he did. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #3

yes, hopefully a more mainstream Democrat rather than a JD-endorsed far left one Celerity Mar 2020 #9

Good riddance Cirque du So-What Mar 2020 #4

And he was given his seat by his father, the previous Representative. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #5

Big congrats, Guillaumeb. She sounds like she'll be Hortensis Mar 2020 #6

She is impressive in person. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #7

:) As it happens her notion of the public option is right in line Hortensis Mar 2020 #8

I do not agree with Lipinksi's positions, guillaumeb Mar 2020 #11

Yup. I envy you living in an area that's made that Hortensis Mar 2020 #13

Sorry to hear that, Ms. Georgia. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #14

Thanks. I've never met him -- he holds fake staged "town halls" Hortensis Mar 2020 #17

She was the only EMILY's list endorsed Dem to lose a primary in 2018. Glad to see her win Celerity Mar 2020 #10

I received some of the dark money literature in 2018 guillaumeb Mar 2020 #12

from a lot of what I have read and a lot of Chicagoans I have met over the years, it sounds Celerity Mar 2020 #15

We moved here in 1966. guillaumeb Mar 2020 #16

The Chicago Outfit (the mafia) Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #18