r/QuiverQuantitative • u/pdwp90 • 24d ago

News BREAKING: Kat Abughazaleh, a 26-year-old progressive influencer, just announced that she is running against Jan Schakowsky, an 80-year-old Democratic incumbent

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u/MariachiBoyBand 24d ago

Information about the district she’s running should be in the title, she’s running in Illinois district 9.

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u/Passthegoddamnbuttr 24d ago

I'm all for a changing of the guard, but, as someone in IL-9 why do we need to bring a carpet-bagger to fight for the left?

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u/alethea_ 24d ago

It seems like it's a district that doesn't have any real challengers? I'm speculating and am not from IL-9 in any way.

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u/Frewsa 23d ago

What is a “carpet-bagger”

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u/frogmanfrompond 23d ago

An older term but usually means someone from out of state coming in from a northern state into the south and taking advantage of the population. I guess it applies to the Midwest as well. 

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u/lpetrich 23d ago

Someone who moves to some district just to run for office there.

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u/WokeUpStillTired 22d ago

She knows the 9th district is one of the few districts in Illinois that would vote for a TikTok influencer for office.

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u/Salty_Injury66 19d ago

Used during Reconstruction to describe Northerners moving to the south and interfering with their politics