Two years ago, we were encouraged to see a strong Republican candidate in the new and slightly less blue 9th Congressional District. Tim Wolfe, of Arlington Heights, provided some valuable counter-programming to Rep. Jan Schakowsky, of Evanston, who nonetheless coasted to victory. Neither Republican running this time looks like a viable challenger. Susanne Atanus, of Niles, says autism, subzero winters and downstate tornadoes are God\u2019s wrath unleashed over abortion and same-sex marriage. Her economic plan \u2014 \u201cpositive daily returns\u201d \u2014 calls for companies to distribute profits to shareholders at the end of every day, thereby stimulating spending. Chicagoan David Earl Williams III, a Navy veteran, identifies himself as a model\/promoter\/novelist\/logistic specialist. He acknowledges that a judge in Washington D.C. recently issued a civil order of protection against him, based on a complaint by a former girlfriend. Williams says the complaint is baseless. No endorsement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sometimes I think, \u201cI should just run myself!\u201d \u00a0\u2014 well, except for the fact that it takes more than the ability to articulate a sound set of policies; it takes big buckets of cash or lots of wealthy connections.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
And, while there, remembered that I had neglected to look into the Republican primary for the 9th district, to face safely-gerrymandered Jan Scharkowsky. \u00a0It\u2019s just as well I didn\u2019t, because it turns out her opponent will be one of these two candidates, according to the Chicago Tribune\u2019s editorial: Two years ago, we were encouraged to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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