Can Peloquin’s Votes Outside the City Beat Rush’s Chicago Numbers?
Don Peloquin may have taken in more votes in the suburbs--especially in Frankfort Township--during last week’s primary election, but that number didn’t come close to what Bobby Rush pulled within Chicago city limits.
The 1st Congressional District covers an almost comically diverse landscape.
Starting on the north end at 26th Street and Michigan Avenue, down Martin Luther King Drive to the Dan Ryan at the Skyway and further south, including neighborhoods just east and west of the highway. But the new district then continues down I-57, stretching past Harlem Avenue to LaGrange Road, continuing south and west to Highway 53, all the way to the 2,300-population town of Elwood.
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All residents in this area will have their interests represented in Congress by either Democrat Incumbent 1st District Rep. Bobby Rush or Republican Blue Island Mayor Don Peloquin.
Rush handily won far more votes in Chicago alone with 55,196 votes to Peloquin’s 599 as of Tuesday. But outside of Chicago, Peloquin took almost all of the Suburban Cook townships, except for Thornton and Calumet. Peloquin also took Frankfort and New Lenox townships.
While the Chicago sections of the new 1st District are population dense, the district used to stop at Will County. Voters in November will include people living on the far west side of Will County.
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Who will get the votes: a staunch President Obama supporter, in favor of policies such as the Affordable Health Care Act, or an as-little-government-as-possible Republican?
Surburban Cook County Votes
| TOWNSHIP | Rush | Peloquin |
| Bremen | 2,467 | 3,292 |
| Calumet | 1,495 | 207 |
| Orland | 904 | 2,221 |
| Palos | 74 | 249 |
| Rich | 177 | 183 |
| Thornton | 58 | 24 |
| Worth | 2,366 | 2,918 |
| TOTAL | 7,541 | 9,094 |
Will County Votes
| TOWNSHIP | Rush | Peloquin |
| Frankfort | 656 | 4,182 |
| New Lenox | 164 | 1,434 |
| TOTAL | 820 | 5,616 |
BWM
8:21 pm on Thursday, March 29, 2012
How many people in Frankfort, Mokena, Tinley Park and New Lenox even realize that with re-districting that they will be in the first district and Bobby Rush will be your incumbent congressman???
Everyone needs to find the time to vote in the next election or don't complain about it.
Jim Boss
3:28 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Yep, agreed. If all Republicans in the district vote we can get him out!!! How entertaining would it be to see IL DNC bit in the *ss by their own gerrymandering!!!
PlumbobJudd
11:21 am on Thursday, May 31, 2012
For those of you who do not know Don Peloquin....My personal experience having owned a small business in Blue Island from 1977 thru 2001 was very gratifying. His door as Mayor was always open. He was more than the Mayor to me, he was a friend. And he has a great family. So.....Gooooodby Bobby. Vote for da Don