Democrats' latest congressional map boosts Rep. Lauren Underwood's reelection odds

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Democrats’ latest congressional map boosts Rep. Lauren Underwood’s reelection odds, maintains potential for a second Latino district:

Illinois Democrats late Wednesday unveiled the third version of a proposed congressional district map designed to shore up the party’s advantage in Washington for the next decade.

Left intact from the revised map released over the weekend are two potential one-on-one matchups of Republican incumbents and a potential suburban Democratic primary contest between Reps. Sean Casten and Marie Newman. The map also maintains an effort to create a second Latino district.

The latest map appears to make an effort at bolstering support for two-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood of Naperville by shifting her district south to pick up parts of more Democratic Will County. Underwood narrowly survived a 2020 reelection in a district that took in a sizable chunk of Republican territory in the north suburbs.

Democrats control the legislature and the governor’s office, meaning no Republican votes are needed to pass a map. A vote is expected on Thursday, the final scheduled day of the legislature’s two-week fall session.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-congressional-map-20211028-wnmdd45i4nfnxlypkibvrvmini-story.html

[PortTack]

1. It also shores up Il 17. Cheri Bustos district which she is not running again

[JustAnotherGen]

2. To me

She's one of the best and the brightest from the 2018 midterms. She doesn't do a lot of self-promotion . . . she does her job.

She was the youngest black woman elected to Congress - the best and the brightest.

[George II]

3. That's great. She's one of the up and coming stars in the House and the Democratic Party....

Anything that can be done to increase her chances of re-election is great.

I hope that leadership in the House is grooming her for a future leadership role.

[NurseJackie]

4. I like that she works more than she tweets.

I like elected representatives who don't mind (and who understand the meaning of and necessity of making compromises) and who prefer prefer making progress (no matter how small) instead of voting against bills that they don't know anything about, or haven't read, or who think they can "score points" when they allow the perfect to be the enemy of the not-half-bad and better than what we had before.

All I'm saying is that Underwood has got-it-going-on! She's where-it's-AT when it comes to knowing what needs to be done to ensure legislative accomplishments. Politicians who pay more attention to the details of getting things done are always going to be more effective than politicians who only look for ways to block legislation... and politicians who are too busy counting how many twitter followers they have.

We need more of the former, and less of the latter. I think everyone can agree on that.

[Cha]

5. Thank Goodness!