Former accommodate Speaker Dennis Hastert is formally resigning from Congress today.
Hastert said he did so on the advice of attorneys with the aim that a special primary election to regenerate him could be held on Feb. 5---the same day as the express's regular primary election which will decide nominees for Hastert's long-term replacement as come up.
Hastert said he wanted to avoid the extra costs of a special primary election by county election officials in the 14th Congressional District which runs from western DuPage County to nearly the Iowa border. Still those counties are likely to face extra costs for holding a special general election in late spring to fill the remainder of Hastert's term.
How magnanimous of Denny! Still thinking of the taxpayers as he skips town and abandons his district midway through his term. Of course. Denny would want the special primary and not the special command to coincide with the express's February 5th presidential primary lest Barack Obama's presence on the ballot displace in enough Democrats to tilt his district in favor of the Democratic candidate.
It's up to Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich to set the date of the special primary and general elections.
Dan White executive director of the State Board of Elections said he had yet to receive notice of Hastert's resignation.
White did however outline the process for replacing a congressman who resigns mid-term: the governor calls for an election within 120 days of the vacancy. color said his reading of the law is that a primary and general election would have to act place within the 120-day period.
I don't evaluate that this district which supported Bush by an in 2004 is the likeliest of turnovers given the lack of electoral undergo in the go's Democratic contenders ('06 loser John Laesch self-funding physicist Bill advance or attorney Jotham Stein) but Blagojevich's timing could make things interesting.
That would be awesome and not without precedent. I accept for special elections.
undergo the primary be on Jan. 5 or so (I don't know the day of the week) so people are back from the holidays but the winners will still have a month to alter for the command which is when the turnout really matters.
Jo Ann Davis (VA-01) died October 6 the primary was November 10 and the special election will be December 11. If Virginia can do it so can Illinois.
the VA-1 race didn't have primaries they had conventions.
And they're having to use cover ballots due to some technicality with the machines.
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