All Red, All Right!

I just got a note from Senator Kirk Dillard, who is also the Chairman of the DuPage Republican Party. Vote totals are in from the March 2006 Primary Election. It seems that DuPage is not so blue after all. Kirk noted "In 2006 there were 12,000 more Republican votes cast than 2004 and the split was 70-30 Republican over Democrat - the highest margin in six years! The Democrat ballots cast fell 11% or 20,000, down to 43931 from two years ago... 12,000 less than four years ago. This is a 32,000 vote swing back to the DuPage Republican Party... so things are working."

It is nice in a non-presidential year to have an increase in ballots cast for Republicans, because there were several referendums and people could have taken a Democrat ballot or a non-partisan one. However, one primary vote is not something I, or the local leadership, would want to hang our hat on. This turn back to the Republican Party in DuPage is probably a big wind in Judy Baar Topinka's sails, as she will have to win DuPage big if she wants to overtake the current Governor.