Democrat Dan Seals is challenging Republican incumbent Mark Kirk in Illinois' 10th Congressional District. He's given an outside chance of unseating Kirk, but my opinion is that Kirk will prevail.
The 10th District is starts just north of Marathon Pundit world headquarters, and it straddles the Lake Michigan shore up to the Wisconsin border. Kerry won the district in 2004 by a few points, however Kirk, generally regarded as a Republican moderate, has views that match the moderate district.
Anne of Backyard Conservative lives just outside the 10th, and she has a good post up about the funding sources for Seals, and shockingly (sarcasm off), much of his cash comes from Massachusetts and California.
Also, as BC reports, the Illinois Attorney General's office and the Federal Elections Commission are investigating some fundraising irregularities of the Seals campaign, as you'll read here.
To no surprise to me, my uber-liberal congresscritter, Jan Schakowsky, figures into this situation with the Seals campaign.
Seals is a typical left-winger--I was one of five people listening when he was interviewed on Air America last month, his positions are outside the mainstream of the 10th.
Related post: Cong. Schakowsky's husband Creamer released from prison
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