Peoria Pundit

Well, it’s not particularly sordid. Frankly, I think Harvey Levin is barking up the wrong tree if he things that covering the government is going to be anything like covering Hollywood.

Anyway, there’s lots of coverage of Aaron Schock’s abs.

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Press release:

EAST MOLINE, IL. — EMILY’s List, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to helping elect Democratic women, today announced it has put Cheri Bustos’ campaign for Illinois 17^th Congressional District “On the List.”

Bustos is one of just eight candidates across the country who has earned this support.

This designation by EMILY’s List is a way for EMILY’s List members to engage with and support promising candidates even earlier in the election cycle.

“Cheri Bustos is running a fantastic campaign to bring some much-needed common sense to Washington in 2012,” Stephanie Schriock, President of EMILY’s List, said. “Democratic women are leading the way forward against the GOP war on women and families.”

Bustos said: “I have not spent my career in Springfield or Washington. I have spent it as a professional working woman and mom. I am working hard to bring mainstream ideas to Main Street.  I look forward to working with EMILY’s List and giving a voice to middle class families in this election.”

“On the List” was created because of the dramatic growth in the EMILY’s List community – with more than 900,000 members across America – who are getting their information earlier, quicker and on the web. These supporters are ready to take action, and “On the List” makes sure candidates have early access to them.

In the 2009-2010 election cycle EMILY’s List raised more than $38 million for its candidates.

EMILY’s List raises this money to support its mission of recruiting and supporting women candidates, helping them build strong campaigns and mobilizing women voters to turn out and vote.

Bustos recently resigned her position as a hospital executive to pursue the Congressional race.  She has been married 25 years to her husband, Gerry Bustos, a captain with the Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department and commander of the Quad-City Bomb Squad. They have three grown sons and one grandson.  Bustos currently is serving her second term on the East Moline City Council. She was a 17-year journalist and worked the last decade of her career at Trinity Regional Health System and its parent organization, where she was a vice president.

The Illinois 17^th Congressional District includes the major metropolitan areas of the Quad-Cities, Rockford and Peoria and covers 14 counties in northwestern Illinois including: Carroll, Fulton, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox, Mercer, Peoria, Rock Island, Stephenson, Tazewell, Warren, Winnebago and Whiteside.

ABOUT EMILY’S LIST:

EMILY’s List is one of the largest political action committees in the nation. Since its founding in 1985, EMILY’s List has worked to elect 86 pro-choice Democratic women to the U.S. House, 16 to the U.S. Senate, nine governors and hundreds of women to the state legislatures, state constitutional offices and other key local offices. In the 2009-2010 cycle, EMILY’s List had the largest number of members and donors in its 25-year history.

For more information on EMILY’s List, go to www.emilyslist.org.  Follow Cheri’s race at http://www.facebook.com/CheriBustosForCongress