It looks like the GOP will be punished in November for following BushCo over the cliff.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/us/09hastert.html

Democrat Wins Seat Once Held by G.O.P. Speaker

By MONICA DAVEY
Published: March 9, 2008

CHICAGO — Stunning many who considered the district west of Chicago reliably Republican territory, Bill Foster, a physicist and Democrat, won a special election on Saturday to fill the Congressional seat that J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House, held for two decades.

Mr. Hastert was one of the best-known Republican members of Congress and he was elected from what was once a Republican stronghold.

Mr. Foster defeated James D. Oberweis, a dairy company owner, in a contest for the 14th Congressional district, a long swath that runs from the far western suburbs of Chicago nearly to the state’s Iowa border. He will fill the remaining months of Mr. Hastert’s term.

Mr. Foster won with 53 percent of the vote, while Mr. Oberweis had 47 percent, The Associated Press reported.

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