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"Party blessing: Dems endorse Harriman for Congress, Hoffman for House" (Kevin Bersett, BND.com) is dated October 28, 2011. Today is November 28 and there's no evidence that Harriman's campaign has created a website. Also, Harriman is not raising money on Act Blue, a website used by practically all serious candidates running for Congress.
I am supporting Iraq War veteran (Army), Chris Miller in the Democratic primary.
I met Chris when organizing Illinois veterans against the U.S. Senate candidacy of Mark Kirk. I liked Chris from the beginning. He seemed like a good mix of hard-nosed Democrat in politics and thoughtful military veteran on policy.
The more I learned about Brad Harriman, the more I became convinced this guy is a not-especially-talented lackey of the St. Clair County Democratic Party.
From the 1990 to the 2012 election cycles, Harriman never gave a contribution to a federal candidate or political committee big enough to trigger federal reporting requirments.
But Brad Harriman loves his local Democratic Party. He gave the St. Clair County Democratic Central Committee regularly: $400 (Oct., 2000), $200 (Oct., 2001), $280 (Oct., 2003), $280 (Nov., 2004) and $200 (Oct., 2005). But he didn't just give to the SCDCC. In Sept., 2004 Harriman gave $200 to Coroner Rick Stone and in Feb., 2006 he gave $240 to Rosella Wamser's campaign. Wamser proceeded Harriman as Regional Superintendent of Education.
Oh, and Harriman gave $2,000 to his own campaign in July, 2006.
It's hard not to read Harriman's campaign contribution history and not conclude he was a party loyalist and was rewarded with the Regional Superintendent gig. But he doesn't really care about federal politics or even issues.
Serving the district? Caring about issues? These aren't particularly important to Harriman.
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