I wonder how Dan "My expectation is to serve out second term" Biss feels about a TikTok carpetbagger jumping in to unseat Schakowsky in the Dem primary next year?
I'm not sure how vulnerable Jan is, but she hasn't had to run a competitive campaign since 1998. Given the climate, I wouldn't discount a viable challenge from a young progressi…
I wonder how Dan "My expectation is to serve out second term" Biss feels about a TikTok carpetbagger jumping in to unseat Schakowsky in the Dem primary next year?
I'm not sure how vulnerable Jan is, but she hasn't had to run a competitive campaign since 1998. Given the climate, I wouldn't discount a viable challenge from a young progressive.
Some scenarios:
1) Jan wins relatively narrowly in 2026, but the TikTok carpetbagger gets name recognition, pushing Biss to the sidelines for 2028.
2) The TikTok carpetbagger actually wins and then Biss is shut out of the seat.
3) Jan announces in the next 12 months she won't run and the TikTok carpetbagger already has momentum for 2026 and Biss will have to decide whether to go back on his word to serve his second term out and run for Jan's seat.
4) Biss loses to Jeff and then has to decide whether to run in 2026 as a failed mayoral candidate or wait it out.
I'm sure he wasn't expecting this announcement today.
I wonder how Dan "My expectation is to serve out second term" Biss feels about a TikTok carpetbagger jumping in to unseat Schakowsky in the Dem primary next year?
I'm not sure how vulnerable Jan is, but she hasn't had to run a competitive campaign since 1998. Given the climate, I wouldn't discount a viable challenge from a young progressive.
Some scenarios:
1) Jan wins relatively narrowly in 2026, but the TikTok carpetbagger gets name recognition, pushing Biss to the sidelines for 2028.
2) The TikTok carpetbagger actually wins and then Biss is shut out of the seat.
3) Jan announces in the next 12 months she won't run and the TikTok carpetbagger already has momentum for 2026 and Biss will have to decide whether to go back on his word to serve his second term out and run for Jan's seat.
4) Biss loses to Jeff and then has to decide whether to run in 2026 as a failed mayoral candidate or wait it out.
I'm sure he wasn't expecting this announcement today.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5211158-progressive-influencer-kat-abughazaleh/
There will be a hundred people in this race. I think the carpetbagger has no shot