PJ MEDIA
The Top Five Most Vulnerable GOP Senate Seats
by Richard Baehr
March 15, 2016

…Kirk will almost certainly square off with Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, who is expected to easily win [and she did] the Democratic primary in Illinois on Tuesday, March 15. While Illinois might not go as strongly for a Democratic presidential nominee in 2016 as in Obama’s two runs, and African American turnout may be down from those races, it is still a solid Democratic state and there is almost no doubt that the Democratic nominee will win the state, probably by 10 points or more. That is a steep uphill climb for Kirk, who won his seat by only 2% in 2010. While Kirk has won some sympathy for his battle back from a stroke, Duckworth lost both her legs in the Iraq war, and the disability factor probably provides no advantage to either candidate. READ MORE