The odd case of the Mark Kirk IEA endorsement.
The other day I wrote a post about the congressional race in the 10th District of Illinois.
Ilya Sheyman is running in the Democratic Party primary. Although this suburban Chicago north shore district has generally elected Republicans, the new reconfigured borders make it even more competitive than it already was. And it already was competitive. Sheyman is the progressive choice in the new 10th CD, and the political arm of the IEA should endorse him and teachers should vote for him.
The problem with IPACE endorsements is that the IEA likes to promote itself as non-partisan, meaning they endorse Republicans.
I don’t find this to be a problem since these days you can hardly tell the difference between most Democrats and most Republicans. Rahm is a Democrat and he’s trying to bust the teachers union. Madigan is the state’s
