As we go to press, Representative Brad Schneider (D-IL10) has conceded that he has lost his bid for re-election to the Republican challenger, former Representative Bob Dold (R). Schneider defeated Dold in the latter's bid for re-election in 2012, and Dold had originally won the seat by defeating Schneider in 2010.
The people have an absolute right to have the representative of their choice. One has to wonder, however, whether this revolving door in Illinois's 10th Congressional district is ideal in terms of having the district's interests effectively represented in Washington. By replacing a freshman with another freshman, and then replacing that freshman with the former freshman (who comes back to Congress having lost his seniority), IL10 remains on the bottom of the seniority - and, thus, influence - pile as the 114th Congress convenes.
Considering the number of Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies that have headquarters in IL10, one would hope that stability, in term's of the district's representation in Congress, would soon come to northeast Illinois. That will have to wait for the 2016 election, and beyond. For now, the revolving door is going to take another swing 'round. What that means for the 10th district of Illinois will have to await the advent of the 114th Congress to become apparent.
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