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tammy duckworth and raja krishnamoorthi highlighting differences whoever wins a fight against the lonejoe walsh >> newly redrawn district portions of cook dupage and kane county 739,000 people strong rapidly changing demographics. district is 69 percent white growing 16.9% hispanic 4.1 percent black and 841 percent asian. at the neck and geographical breakdown that many analysts believe favors the democrats. >> this time in our history and this district number one concern i hear from voters out why did the job? how do i keep my job? how do i stay out of foreclosure and to get a good education? >> successful high-tech businessman and lawyer raja krishnamoorthi has the endorsement of cook county board president toni preckwinkle and scores of local business leaders. former deputy treasurer of illinois and special assistant attorney general 0.24 page economic recovery plan blueprint to recovery community colleges training workers for hi-tech manufacturing. >> crucial because the irony in this recession 14 million unemployed people 3 million jobs jobless >> formidable democratic opponent en

and tammy duckworth performed beautifully last night ... this was a redrawn district the democrats control illinois so they were able to redraw the district with her in mind ... she won easily and now on to joe walsh a tea party republican doesn't get more conservative than that their allegations that he skipped out on hundred thousand dollars where the trout support he has an uphill battle he has to make every strategic move pecanhe can now looking at the state races ... derrick smith under indictment for bribery wins his race ... mike madigan got another term ... the daughter of the cook county democratic leader got another term and there's the nephew of mayor daley beginning his committapolitical career ... there's more of a victory for madigan and that derrick smith race ... he will have to step aside so that the party leaders have a chance to make their choice to replace him it was very strategic his victory last night ... party leaders still have lots of power here in illinois >>for a complete list of the results of the primary yester

tammy duckworth is doing very well. . >> once switched gears to some of the more local races let's talk about this one. state rep derick smith the was recently arrested for federal bribery charges were you received seven dozen dollars he wins it tonight. >> some might think this is chicago politics at play here. derek smith is now facing federal bribery charges and he just is doing very well in his district and i took. >1090. > tonight. >> joining us tonight is susanna up the chicago's city clark. thank you for joining us one of the most amazing results that came in was derek smith. they got 77 percent. he allegedly took a $7,000 bribe. >> what do you say to that. it's just sick. >> it's the voter turnout. we would like to think that when the weather is nice ... we need to stop blaming the weather people just don't like politicians. . >> this in chicago. he was pushed by the democratic party he took $7,000 and now he is winning. what does that say about the democratic party people across the country showed no... >> we as individual voters have a conscious. i could not vote for a person

democrats tammy duckworth and raja krishnamoorthi are facing off in today's democratic primary in the redrawn eighth congressional district with more on that story we have wgn's julian crews live from the neil armstrong's: hoffman estates >>the candidates spent much day visiting with supporters the centerpiece of the campaign is how to tackle the economic crisis ... i highlight my experience as a small businessman i actually created jobs in small business and that is the key to economic growth in this country ... 48 year-old russiaa princeton engineering graduate and harvard law school graduate ... russiaraja krishnamoorthi faces a formidable tammy duckworth she's a former black hawk helicopter pilot severely injured in the war in iraq and she is too focused onalso focused on job growth and economics and given her public service experience she wishes to use her national influence to help the people of this district she has studied political science international studies and public health with master's and doctorate degrees ... >>speaking of my life experience whether it be my military

. >> tammy duckworth, we will visit again. appreciate your time on "the ed show". the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >>> the trayvon rally had a huge turnout you've been seeing and the sanford police chief has temporarily stepped down. we will have more on that ahead and will continue to update you through the hour as we continue to learn more. last night, at the much to the show, we did a report on the mitt romney campaign that seems to have jangled some nerves. this was the splash page for the "huffington post." i don't know exactly what the f stands for but it's not good. i knew we would strike a nerve or two with that report because it is a sensitive subject. it is hard to talk about but i think it's important. there is something different about mitt romney as a presidential candidate as compared to every other modern major party presidential candidate, there's a certain amount of lying and stretching the truth and spinning history everybody expects if not tolerates at all levels of politics and on both sides of the aisle. there is s