A couple of Republican officeholders who apparently were not red enough to win their primaries in June say they don’t have anything lined up after their terms are up in January.
“I haven’t shed a tear,” U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Taylorville). “I am looking forward to what God’s plan is next thru whatever that next door is
right now i am busy working for my constituents i will do that for the next five months and figure out the next step
State Rep. Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville) was the lieutenant governor candidate on the ticket with Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who finished third. Bourne brushed aside a suggestion that she – a downstate mom with a farming background – should have been more visible in the ubiquitous television commercials, saying as the lieutenant governor candidate, it was her job to travel the state and tell people why they should vote Irvin for governor.
Davis lost his primary to U.S. Rep. Mary Miller (R-Oakland).