Dairy magnate Jim Oberweis wins Illinois GOP Senate primary, will challenge Democrat Durbin

[The Straight Story]

CHICAGO (AP) — A state legislator and dairy magnate has defeated a suburban Chicago businessman in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Illinois.

State Sen. Jim Oberweis' victory Tuesday over Doug Truax sends him on to a November matchup with Democrat Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate.

Oberweis is from the western Chicago suburb of Sugar Grove. He was elected to the Illinois Senate in 2012 and had made previous unsuccessful runs for U.S. Senate and governor.

He has been criticized for some political ads, including one before a previous election in which he said the number of immigrants entering the U.S. illegally each week could fill Soldier Field.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/illinois-republicans-nominate-oberweis-senate

[cthulu2016]

1. Will he run on, "Unlike my opponent, I am allowed to visit Russia"?

[yeoman6987]

2. What do you mean?

[cthulu2016]

3. Durbin is on Putin's (potential) sanctions list of

Americans who, among other things, will not be welcome in Russia.

Nothing negative implied by the post—Durbin said it was a point of pride for him to be on Putin's enemies list.

[yeoman6987]

4. Didn't know that

I would be proud to be on Putin's enemy list. lol. I do like Russia as far as Moscow and St. Basil's and also St. Petersburg, but the politics are insane IMHO.

[The Magistrate]

5. He Will Not win, Sir

Rauner probably will not, either...

[mucifer]

6. G-d I hope you are right. Truth is Quinn is VERY unpopular and rauner is made of money.

koch brothers are gonna have a field day here in Illinois.

Good thing I don't watch too much tv.

I feel better about olberweiss. He keep losing elections. People were turned off by his commercials that made Mexican Americans look like cockroaches.