Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 191
Blue Wave Update
Robin Kelly (D) “claimed victory tonight in a low-turnout contest to decide the successor to former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in a 2nd Congressional District with a history of scandal-plagued representation,” the Chicago Tribune reports.
Reuters reports that with nearly three quarters of precincts reporting, Kelly had 91.9% of the vote.
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