Illinois is essentially a Red State if you remove Cook County (Chicago) from the mix.
The liberal dependency pimps force the rest of the State to follow their policy directions.
Exactly. Chicago has ruined Illinois.
Jerry Costello, Jr., son of the Democratic Congressman, was recently appointed to an open state legislature seat in southwestern Illinois. In his first speech, he pledged to go to Springfield and “fight the Chicago politicians.” We’ll see how that works out once he has to deal with Speaker Magidan, but at least he got the rhetoric right for downstate Illinois.