Illinois Education Association https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Tue, 10 Apr 2018 13:42:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Illinois Education Association https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SPOTLIGHT: 2018 Illinois Primary Recap (Part 2) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/spotlight-2018-illinois-primary-recap-part-2/ Tue, 10 Apr 2018 11:30:10 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=8939 Illinois is NOT a Dark Blue State

Written by John Biver

On this edition of the IFA Spotlight podcast, Monte Larrick, John Biver and Dave Smith continue their discussion about the primary election last month, including the great conservative candidates down ballot, educating misinformed voters, and a summary of the results from down ballot races.

Reviewing the vote totals from the primary, the fact of the uptick in Democratic Party ballots cast versus the down tick in Republican ballots cast, Monte stated — “If you’re a Republican it sounds like we’re in big trouble in November.”… Continue Reading

]]> 8939 SPOTLIGHT: 2018 Illinois Primary Recap (Part 1) https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/04/spotlight-2018-illinois-primary-recap/ Wed, 04 Apr 2018 09:16:22 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=8920 Written by John Biver

Monte Larrick sits down with Dave Smith and John Biver to discuss the results from the last month’s election, including voter turnout from both sides, Jeanne Ives’ narrow loss, and why we need to show up in November to help local candidates despite the two men at the top of the ballot.

While the turnout for this primary was the highest it has been since 2002, a closer look at the numbers reveals bad news for Republicans.… Continue Reading

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