Its been days since Illinois held its’ primary election–the earliest primary in the country–but GOP candidates for governor are still waiting it out.
Out of the more than 700,000 ballots cast, Republican Kirk Dillard came in just about 400 votes shy of his leading opponent, Bill Brady. That amounts to “just five 10,000th of a 1% difference” Dillard pointed out. Absentee ballots and provisional ballots have yet to be counted. Its estimated there are thousands of those, and the state election board has up to 14 days after the election to count them.
Dillard says, right now, the Illinois GOP is bolstered by scandals surrounding former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, whose trial is expected to begin in June, and the Democratic candidate for Lt Governor, Scott Lee Cohen, who’s facing allegations of assaulting his girlfriend five years ago. Dillard says voters are aware of it all. “The door has been open…the Cohen fiasco opens the door even wider” Dillard says.
Click on the video to watch Kirk Dillard’s press conference.