Recruiting Candidates for Office

Recruiting candidates for office is one function of parties (ch 8). Republicans have enjoyed public support in the area of foreign policy in the recent past (see BSS, 260). Democrats have worked to counter this through their recruiting, and in Illinois primiary this week, a vet won the primary:

Duckworth wins Illinois primary
AP
CHICAGO — Former Army Maj. L. Tammy Duckworth, who lost her legs in Iraq, narrowly defeated Christine Cegelis to win the Democratic congressional primary nomination for the suburban Chicago district seat held by the retiring Republican Rep. Henry Hyde.
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The race could have national repercussions as Democrats try to regain control of the House of Representatives in November. Duckworth, 38, is one of nine veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan running for Congress this year. Only one, Van Taylor, winner of a March 7 primary in Texas, is a Republican.