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Former Gov. Edgar believes Brady's slim lead will hold up
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Feb 04, 2010 08:20pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Feb 04, 2010 08:20pm |
| Description | Despite campaigning on behalf of Kirk Dillard, former Gov. Jim Edgar believes Bill Brady's slim lead in the Republican primary election for governor will hold up.
As it stands, Brady, the state senator from Bloomington, holds a 406-vote lead over Dillard, the state senator from Hinsdale. Election officials are still waiting on absentee and provisional ballots to trickle in after the close of voting Tuesday.
"I'm saying this as if the 406 votes are going to hold up. I suspect it will," Edgar said.
Edgar said the key to the Republican race was three candidates from the Chicago area -- Dillard, former GOP chairman Andy McKenna and former Attorney General Jim Ryan -- split the city vote. All three candidates finished within striking distance of Brady.
"The key factor was geography. It wasn't ideology," Edgar said. |
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