Morning Digest: Illinois Republicans will face a matchup between two incumbents—but which ones?
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The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ●Morning Digest: Illinois Republicans will face a matchup between two incumbents—but which ones?
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar. Leading Off ● IL-15, IL-12, IL-Gov: Republican Rep. Rodney Davis announced Tuesday that he would seek re-election in the new and safely red 15th District rather than challenge Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, but he could still be in for a tough June primary against a fellow incumbent. Freshman Rep. Mary Miller, who is one of the far-right's more prominent members of Congress, has yet to reveal her own plans, and as we'll discuss, she could decide to wage war on Davis in a vast downstate Illinois constituency that's largely new to both of them. Davis, though, is hoping to deter his colleague with a long list of endorsements. The congressman kicked off his new campaign with support from fellow Reps. Mike Bost and Darin LaHood as well as Miller's predecessor, former Rep. John Shimkus. Davis also has 31 of the district's 35 county chairs, as well as 14 state legislators, in his corner. Read more