Too late for me to think through the implications other than to say that this would seem to put a premium on money and name recognition. For the Democrats that would seem to benefit Bill Foster the most and I’d guess, to a lesser degree, equally benefit John Laesch, the 2006 nominee and Jotham Stein, who has been getting around to a lot of events since entering first in the race. Just entered Joe Serra and recently entered Vern DelJonson would seem to lose the most.
On the Republican side I’m guessing that Jim Oberweis benefits the most followed by Chris Lauzen, who has some name recognition both from past runs and from his current state senate seat. Kevin Burns I’m guessing is hurt the most by Congressman Dennis Hastert’s decision to retire early.
Aaron Krager has his take here with Bill Foster’s thoughts on the situation (from an earlier interview).
ArchPundit covers the news here with an update on the timing.
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