IL: GOP looks to tie state Dems to Rangel
1:58 PM
Days after the New York Times broke a story about U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. paying below-market rent on four city apartments, Illinois Republicans noted ties between Rangel and two Dems running in targeted races. (Rangel has since decided to give up one apartment being used as an office.)
Conservative blogger Team America said Rangel "has given quite a bit to (Dan Seals') campaign and Roll Call reports that he's poised to give a lot more" through a "a joint fundraising entity with 10 highly-touted Democrats who are challenging Republican House incumbents or are running for open seats."
Meanwhile editor Fran Eaton of the conservative Illinois Review writes "Recent Federal Election Commission filings show [Martin] Ozinga's 11th CD Congressional opponent Debbie Halvorson pairing up with Rangel to fund raise in a rent-controlled one-bedroom apartment, the same Suite 10U Rangel lists in FEC filings as one of his campaign committees."
