The primary election to replace ex-Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., is approaching on February 26, and Democrat heavies are attacking their own frontrunner, Debbie Halvorson.
The the top three contenders in the Democratic primary, according to an internal poll, are Debbie Halvorson, Toi Hutchinson, and Robin Kelly.
Halvorson is the former congresswoman who lost her seat in the primary to Jesse Jackson, Jr. as part of the Democrats’ 2011 redistricting. State Senator Toi Hutchinson is an Illinois State Senator who was recently endorsed by anti-Second Amendment maven Toni Preckwinkle, and Robin Kelly, endorsed by Daily Kos, worked for former Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias.
Mayor Bloomberg’s PAC “Independence USA” is running ads against Democratic candidate Debbie Halvorson for being more pro-gun than her Democrat running-mates.