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Bill Foster (D-IL-14) At the risk of hopping on the Obama love-fest that is the Tufts Dems blog as of late (Tufts for Hillary, get on here!) I am thirlled to report that with Obama's help, the Democrats tonight have succeeded in capturing the House of Representatives seat in IL-14, former home to Dennis Hastert (R-Douchebag), who served as Speaker of the House during GOP's catastrophic reign from 1999 to 2007.
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