CHICAGO – Democrat Congressman Dan Lipinski has prolifers to thank for beating his first primary challenge ever in the 3rd Congressional District.
While Susan B Anthony List says they visited only Democrat households to vote for Lipinski, other prolife leaders urged Republicans to crossover and pull Democrat ballots in the race. Prolife Action League's Eric Scheidler urged Republicans to pull Democrat ballots in that district – making those Republican pro-lifers unable to vote in the Republican gubernatorial race for prolifer Jeanne Ives. Chris Iverson, who is a prolife activist, joined Scheidler in the call to get involved in the Democrat race.
Politics Illinois credited Susan B Anthony List's door knockers as being crucial in Lipinski's .5 point win.
For the first time in a decade, the SBA List list got involved on behalf of a congressional Democrat — and they went all in for Lipinski. The group deployed 70 volunteers in the district for four days, targeting 17,000 voters who opposed abortion rights, including knocking on more than 26,000 doors. And the SBA List bundled money for Lipinski, sent two pieces of voter contact mail and produced digital ads on his behalf. In a razor-close race where the two candidates were separated by less than 2,000 votes, they might have made the difference.
SBA List – which also endorsed Ives for Republicans – posted the following:
We were so proud to be on the ground in #IL03 this past weekend to get out the vote for #ProLife Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski!! ✊🚪✅❤️👶🤰@DLipinski03 #StandWithDan #GOTV pic.twitter.com/hRDcqcrPXs
— Susan B Anthony List (@SBAList) March 19, 2018
