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  IL District 14 - D Primary
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Illinois > IL - District 14
OfficeHouse of Representatives
TypePrimary Election
Filing Deadline November 05, 2007 - 12:00am
Polls Open February 05, 2008 - 06:00am
Polls Close February 05, 2008 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
ContributorArmyDem
Last Modifiedev March 08, 2008 04:31am
Data Sources[Link]
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/07/2006
NameJ. Dennis "Denny" Hastert Votes117,870 (59.79%)
Term01/03/2007 - 11/26/2007 Margin38,596 (+19.58%)
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Bill Foster
Safe 1
Strong 2
Lean 6

CANDIDATES
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Name Bill Foster John Laesch Joseph Serra Jotham S. Stein
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Votes32,410 (42.47%) 32,012 (41.94%) 6,033 (7.91%) 5,865 (7.69%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -398 (-0.52%) -26,377 (-34.56%) -26,545 (-34.78%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$508,792.00 $31,708.00 $0.00 $40,217.00
MATCHUP POLLS
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  21st Century Democrats
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Chicago Tribune
D Dick Durbin
Laf-W Craverguy
  Progressive Democrats of America
D Pat Quinn
  Veterans' Alliance for Security and Democracy (VETPAC)

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Mar 11, 2008 12:00pm News Laesch withdraws request for recount [IL-14]  Article COSDem 
Mar 07, 2008 03:40pm News Laesch asks for vote recount [IL-14]  Article COSDem 
Feb 06, 2008 05:00pm News [IL-14] Laesch could challenge result, create two different Democratic nominees for Hastert's seat  Article ArmyDem 
Aug 08, 2007 02:00pm Press Release Aurora legislator to seek re-election; Democrat won't challenge Hastert  Not Available Scott³ 
May 31, 2007 03:00pm News [IL-14] Physicist in running to replace Hastert  Article ArmyDem 
Dec 14, 2006 02:00pm News Democrat [St Rep LaVia]: ‘I’d love’ Hastert [IL-14] post  Article ArmyDem 

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