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Could 5th District race be dead heat between Quigley, Geoghegan?
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy Mar 03, 2009 07:14pm |
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| Category | Speculative |
| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 4, 2009 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Could the race to replace U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel be a dead heat between Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley and labor lawyer Tom Geoghegan?
The Sun-Times very unscientifically surveyed 11 voters emerging from four precincts on the Northwest Side and one in Wrigleyville.
The “winners,” with four votes each, were Quigley — whose fights with Todd and John Stroger made headlines over the past eight years — and Geoghegan, whose name most voters can’t pronounce (GAY-gun) and who burst onto this election with pledges to make health care universal and increase Social Security pay-outs.
A 25-year-old teacher in Wrigleyville, a retired couple in Forest Glen and a 44-year-old Albany Park music teacher all say they voted for Geoghegan.
“He calls himself an unrepentant New Dealer — I think we need that,” said music teacher Jeff Peek, 44, in front of the Latvian Community Center in Albany Park. But Peek had to think for a minute when asked who he voted for, saying, “There are 12 people running. I don’t know. I’m just sticking my finger in the wind.”
Voter turnout in the 5th Congresional District’s special primary election was expected to be exceedingly low, which means just about any of the 12 candidates in the Democratic primary could pull off an upset victory. |
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