A lot of words and emotions have been shed over the race in IL-06. I live in nearby Illinois 10 but was following this race quite a bit and stayed up quite late to see the results trickle in.
In the end (almost the end as only 98.6% are still reporting, Tammy Duckworth seems to have pulled out the victory.
Duckworth , Tammy Dem 14,019 43.81
Cegelis , Christine Dem 12,939 40.44
Scott , Lindy Dem 5,038 15.75
A lot of us in the "netroots" and local progressives are quite upset by what transpired here, Duckworth supporters claimed to be leading in the polls, that Cegilis had no support, and that only their candidate could win. Clearly, that wasn't the case, having been hugely outspent, Cegelis still nearly pulled it out
So what happens now? Please read below the fold.
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