Former Obama Staffer Raja Krishnamoorthi Aims To Be 1st Indian American Elected Statewide In Illinois

Chicago Sun-Times:

They used to say Illinoisans south of Interstate 80 would not vote for names like Rod Blagojevich and Barack Obama.

But the voters proved themselves open-minded. How open-minded?

Read the whole story: Chicago Sun-Times

Comments

[hypnus]

Advise from Bobby Jindal, “change your name to Greg Brady”.

[teron678]

LOL

[larry278]

I welcome any office seeker to the fray if she or he has 14 or more letters in his/her name. I've been told that my ancestors had a last name with 32 letters but now vowels. Over the years the name has gotten much shorter. My last name is 5 letters long but no vowels. We're uneasy about vowels, even auxillary vowels. The dragons like to eat vowels; well, that is the story I was told.

[bannorhill]

Elected?

I thought Illinois sold their seats.

[scorpioleidy]

Well, I live in IL - south of I-80 - and I voted for Blagojevich and President Obama. If our Prez campaigns for this guy, and I like his stance on certain issues, I can certainly see myself voting for him, too!

[obamanation31]

me too.

[Jaywalkker]

If Jindal can take Louisiana this guy can take Illinois.

[Skyhawk]

And Raja's probably a better speaker than Bobby Jo.

[yoli647]

Agree.

[teron678]

1st he'll have to change his name .. like Jindal did