Mark Kirk Booed At Republican Events

Mark Kirk Booed At Republican Events

Buried in an article on upcoming Senate elections comes the news that Illinois GOP hopeful Mark Kirk has been jeered at party events.

Kirk faces a bevy of little-known Republicans and has the kind of centrist record that could leave him vulnerable to a conservative challenge, but that isn't in the cards yet -- even with Chicago developer Patrick Hughes starting to turn some heads.

"Maybe Pat Hughes could be that [alternative] if he can put together resources, but that's an open question," said an Illinois GOP consultant. "Kirk continues to get a lot of heat. He's been booed at parades -- even at GOP events that I've been at -- but in the absence of a clear alternative, I do not see him having much of a problem."

At a recent tea party in New Lenox, Illnois, protesters chanted "Not Mark Kirk!"

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