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In IL-11, a district redrawn to give it a strong Democrat lean (and which is unwinnable for the GOP absent fortuitous circumstances), the GOP primary is, as you stated, Krishna Bansal vs. Rick Laib. Bansal’s platform is fairly Trumpy (https://www.krishnaforcongress.com/platform/), but doesn’t discuss hot-button social issues such as abortion, gay rights or guns; Laib’s joke of a wwebsite does not discuss his stance on the issues.

But even were Laib to be a bit more conserbative than Bansal it would be idiotic to vote for Laib, given that, as of their respective February 26 FEC reports, Bansal had raised nearly $212,000 (and had around $95,000 cash-on-hand) while Laib had raised less than $8,000 and had $2,000 in the bank. Bansal actually might be able to get his message out to voters, whereas Laib isn’t even trying to campaign.

In IL-17, you were spot-on to describe Bill Fawell as a loon, and it would behoove the GOP not to nominate a “9-11 Truther” for a seat in Congress. Besides, Fawell has raised a bit less than $8,000, while his GOP opponent, Army veteran and attorney Esther King, has raised $365,000 (and has over $250,000 cash-on-hand), so this one is a no-brainer as well. And given that King’s issue positions are pretty good (except that she appears to be a bit of a squish on “Dreamers”), one wouldn’t have to hold one’s nose to vote for her over the nutcase: https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-maryland-first-coronavirus-transmission-20200312-ry4vxcsyhvev5keusxznk3etae-story.html