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Don Lowery
The Illinois Conservative Action Network has withdrawn its endorsement for establishment Republican Patrick Hughes and thrown its support behind Tea Party candidate Don Lowery.
Hughes is a real estate developer who has never taken a political stand on anything or even voted prior to 2008, and is widely seen as a last-minute candidate manufactured by anti-Kirk GOP elites. Little about him--including his incessant references to Ronald Reagan--seems genuine.
Lowery's background, on the other hand, screams of a patriot committed to free markets, limited government and the Constitution. He is a principled conservative to the core.
The only problem: He is an outsider candidate from downstate and Hughes is the establishment politician with the funding, the endorsements and the greatest chance of stopping Mark Kirk. The agonizing dilemma Tea Partiers and 9/12 activists now face is a familiar one...sell out to a poser (Hughes) for a likely win (over Kirk, at least) or risk it all to take a principled stand for a true statesman.
I increasingly suspect that this country is in such dire need of a clean break from establishment politicians that it is worth risking a Kirk victory to vote for Lowery.
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Don has my votes... anyone on the fence should check out the youtube videos on Don Lowery
Don has my vote... just one vote, I'm not from Chicago.
Do you people ever want to get someone elected? Right now, it's Kirk or the Democrat (Obama's rubber-stamp). Be realistic!!!!
Easy there Steve. If Hughes is the only one that can win over Kirk we might be better off letting Kirk win. The point is that Kirk is a known RINO that would be less embarrassing than the inept, lying Hughes. Better yet, with 11 days to go, why not get the old butt in gear and work to make sure Lowery is elected? There are some strong reasons for ICAN to withdraw their endorsement from Hughes and give it to Lowery and coupled with the one from I-caucus kind of says it all...
Scott Brown raised $12 million from 157,000 individual donations in the last two weeks of the race. Grassroots can do the same for Don Lowery. Don Lowery is the man for the job and the grassroots can get him elected. He is what Illinois and our country needs most right now . . .
Great, Lowery now has 3%. If he is the Teap Party candidate, the Tea Parties are more insignificant than I thought.
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