2010 IL Gubernatorial Primary Slideshow
The man who finished the night in the lead for the IL GOP nomination for Governor, Bill Brady, was such a long shot that the Associated Press didn't bother to send a photographer to Brady's headquarters on election night-- nor do they have any photos available for their affiliates. Not one. I don't know why we were all so wrong, but we were.
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- The man who finished the night in the lead for the IL GOP nomination for Governor, Bill Brady, was such a long shot that the Associated Press didn't bother to send a photographer to Brady's headquarters on election night-- nor do they have any photos available for their affiliates. Not one. I don't know why we were all so wrong, but we were.
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- Kirk DIllard is shown arriving at his election night party . . . at this point in the evening, a close race was expected but Dillard was considered the front runner. Many predicted that Dillard would win or lose narrowly to Andy McKenna; no one predicted that he and Bill Brady would go into overtime.
(AP Photo/Jim Prisching)
- Andy McKenna speaks to supporters. Illinois gun owners viewed McKenna with suspicion, but his close connections to GOP leadership were expected to keep him close and give him a chance to win. As it turned out, McKenna WAS very close at the end and did not concede until nearly midnight; he only looked like a distant third because Brady and Dillard were amazingly close.
(AP Photo/Joe Lewnard, Daily Herald)
- Jim Ryan speaks to supporters. By the end of the night, Ryan, in fourth place behind McKenna, announced that his political career is officially over.
(AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
- Adam Andrzejewski came in fifth, as widely expected, but polled within six percentage points of first place in a very divided field. Andrzejewski created a lot of excitement among voters disappointed in both major parties, garnering endorsements and approval from sources as varied as Lech Walesa and Rush Limbaugh, but like Bill Brady, the Associated Press has no photographs of him on file.
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- Governor Pat Quinn, shown here with Secretary of State Jesse White, is steadfastly maintaining that he has won a close race by about 7,500 votes.
(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
- Comptroller Dan Hynes, although he acknowledges that the current count shows him down by approximately 7,500 votes, nevertheless shows no signs of concession.
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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