Marathon Pundit: ILSen: Does political gadfly Oberweis even live in Illinois?

Does political gadfly Jim Oberweis, who regularly loses elections, even live in Illinois? NBC 5 reports that the Dairy magnate and his wife are claiming their Florida condo as a homestead exemption, which is worth $50,000 in the Sunshine State. Their other home in the west suburbs was worth only $6,000 as a homestead exemption.

From NBC 5 Chicago:

NBC 5 Investigates has learned that a potential Illinois candidate for the U.S. Senate has a Florida home listed as his family's primary residence -- and is receiving a healthy tax benefit because of it.

Dairy magnate Jim Oberweis is running against Doug Truax in next week's primary election for the Republican nomination, and the opportunity to run against incumbent Sen. Dick Durbin in November.

On Monday, NBC 5 learned that Oberweis was spending the week before the primary election at his condo in Bonita Springs, along Florida's Gulf Coast. NBC5 Investigates has now uncovered tax documents which show that that home is claimed as the couple's only "primary" residence, which is the status required to claim a homeowner’s tax exemption.

The couple own a home suburban Sugar Grove, which was previously listed as their primary residence on property tax records. But when they purchased the Florida condo in 2010, documents show Oberweis' wife, Julie, applied to move the Homestead Exemption to Florida. Julie Oberweis also currently has a Florida driver's license, and cannot even vote for her husband in next Tuesday's primary.

Oberweis is enjoying the Florida sun right now, just as most Illinoisans are enduring mid-March ubfreezing temperatures.

There is a far better choice for Illinois Republicans on Tuesday--political newcomer Doug Truax.

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