He is only holding steady, down 3,700 votes. He has to start cutting into that margin significantly.
55% in and a 3300 vote lead for Forster.
Oberweis is barely winning Kendall county, Hastert and the Illinois Republican party can’t even help in Republican counties. It looks like Foster is going to win and the media will be all over this for weeks.
SUMMARY REPT-GROUP DETAIL KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
SPECIAL GENERAL ELECTION
MARCH 8, 2008
RUN DATE:03/08/08 08:20 PM
TOTAL VOTES % Election Day Early Voting
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 75) . . . . . 50 66.67
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL . . . . . 39,352
BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 8,978 8,046 932
BALLOTS CAST - BLANK. . . . . . . 20 .22 18 2
VOTER TURNOUT - TOTAL . . . . . . 22.81
VOTER TURNOUT - BLANK . . . . . . .05
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
FOURTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
VOTE FOR 1
JIM OBERWEIS (REP) . . . . . . . 4,544 50.73 3,969 575
BILL FOSTER (DEM). . . . . . . . 4,414 49.27 4,059 355
NO CANDIDATE FILED (GRN) . . . . . 0 0 0
“He is only holding steady, down 3,700 votes. He has to start cutting into that margin significantly.”
He’s starting to cut through the gap, with 55% reporting: now he’s down 3213 votes.
Name Party Votes Vote %
Foster , Bill Dem 31,423 53%
Oberweis , Jim GOP 28,210 47%