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Lang ponders primary bid against Blagojevich
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Aug 18, 2005 05:29pm |
| Category | Speculative |
| News Date | Aug 18, 2005 05:00pm |
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State Representative Lou Lang (D-16), a relatively obscure liberal Democrat from Skokie, hungers to be Illinois' governor.
But an imposing array of obstacles block his path, not the least of which is the fact that incumbent Democrat Rod Blagojevich currently has $14 million in his campaign account -- having raised $4.7 million during the first half of 2005, and is on track to fulfill his projected fund-raising goal of $25 million for the 2006 campaign.
Lang, age 55, has set a Labor Day deadline to decide whether he will challenge Blagojevich in the March 2006 Democratic primary. He faces an array of imponderables.
Will he have a clear shot at the governor? Or will someone else run and split the anti-Blagojevich vote? With Paul Vallas now out of the race due to his lack of state residency, Lang may get his one-on-one contest, thereby creating a referendum among Democrats on the governor's performance. McHenry County state Representative Jack Franks (D-63) is pondering a run, but he won't run if Lang jumps in, so a September announcement by Lang will deter Franks.
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