State Rep. Julie Hamos is the first candidate to hit the airwaves in the open-seat contest for Rep. Mark Steven Kirk's seat.
Hamos, who is running in the Feb. 2 Democratic primary against marketing consultant Dan Seals, is putting up her first television advertisement Saturday in select parts of the district, according to her campaign.
Hamos must overcome the huge name identification advantage held by Seals, who was the party's nominee in 2006 and 2008.
With the more than $490,000 in the bank at the end of September, Hamos has used her campaign bounty to put her first spot, "The Time Has Come," on the air on cable networks in the district.
"I'm Julie Hamos. The time has come for every American to have quality, affordable health care," she says in the ad. "We finally have a chance to make that happen with a comprehensive package that includes a public option so that everyone has an affordable choice for health insurance, no matter what. We have to let Congress know that real health care reform demands a public option. Let¹s not let this moment in history pass us by."
CQ Politics rates the race Leans Democratic.
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