Nothing is really certain right now. Well not officially.
On the Democratic side, Pat Quinn has declared himself the winner with a sizable 6,000 vote lead over Dan Hynes who has yet to concede. Giannoulias takes the U.S. senate nod and Miller pulls out a squeaker in the comptroller's race. Nothing too terribly out of the ordinary on that one except for maybe how close the guv's race is/was.
The Republican ticket gets a little fuzzier. Super wacko Bill Brady holds a 503 vote lead over Kirk Dillard. As I was saying last night, that would be an upset. Dillard had been leading sometimes with double digits going into election day. The only certain race is the U.S. senate race with Mark Kirk easily winning.
So where does this leave Illinois?
Surprisingly, or not, right where we started. Hynes will eventually concede and Quinn will face Brady in the general. Brady has the temperament of a two-year old and all the crazy of a tea bagger. This is definitely a person tea baggers will line up behind. I think Brady can take this and make it fully crazy or he can choose to focus on Illinois and our massive deficits. He doesn't have to make it a conspiracy theory docudrama to win. He can win without ever stooping that low. Quinn will have his hands full. Frankly, I don't see how Quinn can beat him. Certainly the Democrats controlling the governor's mansion for almost 7 years has brought nothing but misery to Illinois. Change is on the way.
