Grassroots rising 2010: Patrick Hughes fights for position ahead of Illinois Primary

Update
Dec. 9, 2009

Candidate Patrick Hughes has received an endorsement from the Vernon Township GOP. The Illinois Review said, "[Rep. Mark]Kirk lost the US Senate endorsement outright to Hinsdale Businessman Patrick Hughes who grabbed the Vernon endorsement with 64.3% of the committeeman vote."

by Kay B. Day

Republican strategists have their hands full these days, in the aftermath of NY-23 and the postlude to party leaders’ endorsements of candidates like Gov. Charlie Crist. Still striking a nerve is the fiasco with DeeDee Scozzafava, a Republican who ended up endorsing a Democrat despite the fact the GOP spent nearly $1 million on her candidacy. Then there was fallout over Crist’s so-called anointment in a primary field that included popular former speaker of the House Marco Rubio, a fallout that transcended Florida and had a national impact. Current conditions are enough to give any GOPer worth his salt a headache or two.  And now Republicans in Illinois are seeing another bold candidate jump into a primary battle: Patrick Hughes.

Patrick Hughes and his family live in Hinsdale, Ill. Hughes is opposing Rep. Mark Kirk in the GOP primary to run in the 2010 Senate race for the seat Sen. Roland Burris is vacating.

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A Grassroots call to action

by Donna Barrow
Contributor to The US Report

The race for US Senate between Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist is what it is all about to a political junkie like me. I have been interested in politics all my life, though my political interest at an early age was not a reflection of my parents’. It was more likely a reflection of my favorite subjects in school, history and civics.

I was thrilled when I registered to vote at age 21 and over the years I have taken my responsibility as a member of the American electorate very seriously. In grassroots circles I am what is known as a “super voter.” The kind of voter that all candidates seek to reach because I always go to the polls.

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