Republican Joe Walsh, pictured on the right while speaking at a Morton Grove Tea Party, still leads incumbent Democrat Melissa Bean in Illinois' 8th Congressional District. All of the votes have been counted, and the Daily Herald reports that Walsh leads Bean by 291 votes--out of nearly 200,000 cast. Bean, who calls her self a fiscal conservative, voted for the stimulus bill, cap and trade, and ObamaCare.
I suppose it's possible Bean will call for a recount, but let's call this a sweet win for the Illinois GOP: four House pick ups.
Walsh received no Republican National Committee financial help in his effort.
Bean should do the honorable thing and concede now. She was less-then-honorable when she refused to hold town hall meetings in the run-up to the ObamaCare vote.
