U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates, former Chicago Urban League CEO Andrea Zopp and state Sen. Napoleon Harris of Harvey are competing for the Democratic primary nomination to take on Kirk, who faces nominal primary opposition.
After securing the Democratic nomination in 2004, Kerry chose as his running mate John Edwards, a U.S. senator from North Carolina who had contended ably for the primary nomination.
Michael Goldman, a Democratic political consultant who worked for some of Mr. Galvin's rivals seeking a primary nomination, said: "He's not a colorful guy.
MARJORIE CONNELLY Chart: Voters' preferences for their party's primary nomination In the earliest New York Times/CBS News polls available DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES 2004/AUG.
Four years ago, when Senator Hillary Clinton came close to capturing the Democratic presidential primary nomination, 18 million voters supported her and believed the dream: the baby boom generation would produce the first woman president.
Of the 341 women running for state legislatures, 255 secured their party's primary nomination as of Wednesday morning, said Chelsea Hill, information services coordinator for the Center for American Women and Politics.
Efforts by data scientists to model the primary nomination process find that there are four variables that matter: money, homestate advantage, momentum and viability.
The race for the Democratic Presidential Primary nomination is officially closer than anyone had expected even a few short months ago.
He was then reelected unopposed to his circuit court position, and began a much more systematic campaign for the 1946 Republican Senate primary nomination, with support from Thomas Coleman, the Republican Party's political boss in Wisconsin.
Sestak, however, went on to win the Democratic primary nomination on May 18. Specter had previously stated that changing parties would enable him to be reelected, a quote which the Sestak campaign used in campaign commercials to devastating effect.
