(CNN) - Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn has narrowly won his bid for a full term in Illinois, CNN projects. He defeated Republican challenger Bill Brady and three other minor candidates. Quinn was lieutenant governor in 2009 when the Illniois state Senate removed then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office.
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What a difference a day makes.
It is now time to consider splitting Illinois into South Illinois and North Illinois. Those poor people in the south are being drug into financial collapse by the Chicago voter base. Southern Illinois is effectively unrepresented.
Hooray! I voted for Governor Quinn and am so glad we don't have to deal with that reactionary who wants to set the clock back 60-70 years.
This is really sad for us here in central IL. If it was not for corrupt Cook county in Chicago Brady would have won.
Great another Dems needed that win
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About time. Let's get on wth governing Illinois.
Illinois is broken and we relect the people who broke it. We are doomed
wonderful! congrats Dems.
Hey Mike sounds like you want a us vs them state how nice.
Didn't we have enough of blago
Suppose he can't be any worse than good ol Rod.
Good. I don't know why the republicans are so happy. The LOST the BIG one and that is Senator Reid's seat. WE KEPT IT. Overall, this election WILL BE a good thing.
Central and Southern IL do not count anyways. Have you ever been there, Kentucky should annex anything south of Champaign
Glad Quinn won, that other guy talks a good game but he doesn't resonate with urban Illinois voters
Quinn wins 4 out of 102 counties in IL and becomes Govenor..maybe IL needs to move away from the general population vote and move towards a electoral college process.
I am just saddened the ignorant Southerns put back the Repubs in power. Chicago is so blue, and I am not able to find a Republican, but they gave Obama's seat to a Republican. I suspect some kind of fraud here.
As an Illinois resident, I just want to say that we've been stuck with terrible governors and gubernatorial candidates for some time now. I don't like Quinn, but Brady didn't seem that great either. And before that we had a choice between Blago and Topinka. Once again, neither was a good option.
And Mike, your post doesn't make much sense to me. That's like saying rural people are unrepresented because of cities. Don't worry, the House makes sure rural areas are represented. Plus, Kirk got the Senate seat, so it's not like everyone in Chicago voted Democrat.
Once again major inner city welfare dependent voters get to choose what is right for the rest of the state.
Keep them reliant on your socialist programs and you'll keep getting their vote. The new motto for the Dems.
to Mike: I agree that Illinois needs to be split but I live in the Northern half......I believe that it should be Cook County and the Collar Counties that become "East Illinois" or something. I am tired of being weighed down by the backwards politics of a major metropolis. The rest of our state wouldn't be stuck in the mire and muck.
I am so tired of the left saying conservatives are taking us backwards, when it is the progessive left agenda that in fact takes the country backwards fiscally to a model that has been shown not to work and morally to a time where corruption was the norm, decency practically non-existent and truthfulness bascially non-existent.
If It wasn't for the scum in Chicago, Brady would have owned this election. Look at the precincts, all red. Thanks Chicago for destroying Illinois.
Why don't we make Chicago their own state, so the don'3 keep dragging us down with them.
the first thing brady would have done is to close down the university of illinois school system or privatize it, sending students and faculty to the streets. thanks for those who voted for quinn, your vote saved many jobs, including mine.
Brady had views that were completely incompatible with the general public in Chicago, so as unfair as you think it is for the people in southern illinois, Brady would've been equally unfair up here