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Democrat Lipinski’s primary enemies coming from his left
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Oct 02, 2007 09:10pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, October 4, 2007 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Sam Youngman
October 03, 2007
Mark Pera, an assistant Cook County state’s attorney in Illinois, is running hard against Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) and has enlisted some serious party heavyweights to help him unseat the congressman.
Curiously enough, all those heavyweights traditionally have been aligned with Lipinski’s party.
NARAL Pro-Choice America last week endorsed Pera in this Democratic primary, making Lipinski the only Democrat on its target list so far. And a number of other groups, including pro-stem cell research groups, are joining in to help Pera unseat a congressman that many in the reliably Democratic district say is a Democrat in name only.
Pera has put up impressive fundraising numbers and said Tuesday he expects a stellar third quarter due to the efforts of the netroots. As The Hill reported this week, Pera raised $55,000 on ActBlue, hauling in $30,000 during the last week of the quarter.
Pera can add to that about $2,500 that NARAL’s political action committee contributed Friday when the group endorsed his bid. |
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