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What You Need To Know About Competing Conservative Candidates Illinois 2014

By Marci Glover


In the political arena in America, voters need to be assured that their needs will be look after by the favorite party. One of the parties that people are getting more and more comfortable with is a conservative. Democracy has to be there for any country to succeed in protecting the rights of its citizen, and that is why conservative candidates Illinois 2014 decided to compete so that they can fulfill the dreams of their voters.

In major town, the candidates asked the voters to choose them in their various representation districts. In the 16th District, they did the same. Aspirants competed against one another in an electoral process seen as historic. The voting districts included parts of Chicago and Illinois North Central. The area covers Indiana and all the ways to the borders of Wisconsin, stretching to other regions as La Salle, Rockford, Watseka and Dekalab. During the voting, the areas experienced quality competition to take power.

Adam Kinzinger, a first timer standing as a candidate in 16th District was trying to ouster Don Manzullo, the former pilot in the airforce wing with republican stands. In this new voting, all the favors pointed to Kinzinger because the hometown of Manteno was a democratic city. The main reason he availed himself as a candidate was the home support.

Another district was the 2nd district with many candidates competing. It is classified as a heated strong point for election. The area runs from Southern parts of Chicago, stretching to Kankakee to the Indiana borders. Jesse Jackson junior became the first elected leader during the electoral process in 1995. Come 2014, Jesse got a good competitor to oust him, Debbie Halvorson standing as a former representative in US. Jackson faced various challenges, both political and personal. However, he found solace in the fact that he had emerged winner in the last 16 votes with 80% of voters favoring him.

In the 2nd District, trouble continued brewing as Halvorson made the personal and political troubles of Jackson a center of attention. Halvorson had earlier on lost to Adam Kinzinger in 2010 in a different district. The challenger of Jackson was a former cosmetic saleswoman for Mary Kay.

The competition did not stop there because in 8th district, there were more emerging twists and the voters made the decision of electing their favorite candidate. The district has many areas which includes Bloomingdale, Schaumburg and Elgin. There were 2 democrats who declared their interest in the race which consist of Tammy Duckworth a former Iraq war veteran and also worked as an assistant secretary in the Barrack Obamas administration.

Tammy Duckworth was challenged by his other democrat raja krishnamoorthi who had earlier lost his election in the year 2010 as an Illinois comptroller. He took his time to give his democrat challenger a tough competition. These two democrats were good in challenging each other.

In the year 2014, new aspirants such as the Congressman Joe Walsh emerged. He holds the character of attacking Obama presidency in many of his appearances on television. Walsh had earlier been voted in 2010 in a nearby district. Other aspirants include Don Manzullo with a Republican ticket made the competition worth in the city. The people standing as firs timers were to seek election against seasoned ones, with some changing the areas of representation.




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