Who will snatch the Illinois Senate seat?

Mid-term polls in the Senate and Congressional seats in United States will take place in November. During this election, the most focused seat in the one, which was vacated by US President Barack Obama in Illinois. Prior to becoming the President of United States, Obama was the Senator from Illinois.

Though there are signs that, ruling Democratic Party will have bad defeats in a number of seats in Senate and Congress during the election, especially because of President Obama's failed policies, as well as his actions, which indirectly goes in favor of Islamists and Jihadists, it is still a huge question as to who will finally win the Senate election in Illinois.

In an exclusive Newsmax.TV interview, Fox News analyst Dick Morris says Republican nominee Rep. Mark Steven Kirk will defeat Alexi Giannoulias for President Obama's former U.S. Senate seat in Illinois.

Giannoulias will suffer as a result of the FDIC's recently closing his family's bank after they knowingly made more than $32 million in questionable loans, Morris says.

Meanwhile, sensing a possible defeat in the Illinois seat, President Barack Hussein Obama has quickly decided to make a trip on August 5, 2010 to make a last effort in salvaging the his party's sinking vessel in Illinois. Obama will try to help Senate candidate Alexi Guannoulias in raising fund. The announcement about the Obama fundraiser comes on the heels of second quarter fundraising reports that showed Giannouliass trailing badly on the financial front in the race. He raised $900,000 from April through June compared to Kirk's $2.3 million. Early in the campaign the White House sought to recruit other candidates to run in Illinois, but those efforts were unsuccessful and Giannoulias emerged as the consensus frontrunner. Top White House political strategist David Axelrod is scheduled to headline a fundraiser for Giannoulias later this month and David Plouffe, Obama's 2008 campaign manager, has also participated in the effort to help Giannoulias raise money.

While primaries in a number of seats will continue up to September 18, 2010, primaries in a large number of primaries are already completed. Here is the list of the completed primaries:

[1] ALABAMA:

Senate: Bill Barnes [D] will face incumbent Richard Shelby [R].

House: 7 seats.

Governor: Robert Bentley [R] will face Ron Sparks [D]; incumbent Bob Riley [R] is term-limited.

[2] ARKANSAS:

Senate: John Boozman [R] will face incumbent Blanche Lincoln [D].

House: 4 seats.

Governor: Incumbent Mike Beebe [D] will face Jim Keet [R].

[3] CALIFORNIA:

Senate: Incumbent Barbara Boxer [D] will face Carly Fiorina [R].

House: 53 seats.

Governor: Jerry Brown [D] will face Meg Whitman [R]; incumbent Arnold Schwarzenegger [R] is term-limited.

[4] IDAHO:

Senate: Incumbent Mike Crapo [R] will face Tom Sullivan [D].

House: 2 seats.

Governor: Keith Allred [D] will face incumbent Butch Otter [R].

[5] ILLINOIS:

Senate: Alexi Giannoulias [D] will face Mark Steven Kirk [R] for the seat Roland Burris [D] is leaving.

House: 19 seats.

Governor: Bill Brady [R] will face incumbent Pat Quinn [D].

[6] INDIANA:

Senate: Dan Coats [R] will face Brad Ellsworth [D] for the seat Evan Bayh [D] is leaving.

House: 9 seats.

[7] IOWA:

Senate: Roxanne Conlin [D] will face incumbent Charles Grassley [R].

House: 5 seats.

Governor: Terry Branstad [R] will face incumbent Chet Culver [D].

[8] KENTUCKY:

Senate: Jack Conway [D] will face Rand Paul [R] for the seat Jim Bunning [R] is leaving.

House: 6 seats.

[9] MAINE:

House: 2 seats.

Governor: Paul LePage [R] will face Libby Mitchell [D]; incumbent John Baldacci [D] is term-limited.

[10] MISSISSIPPI:

House: 4 seats.

[11] MONTANA:

House: 1 seat.

[12] NEBRASKA:

House: 3 seats.

Governor: Dave Heineman [R] will face Mark Lakers [D].

[13] NEVADA:

Senate: Sharron Angle [R] will face incumbent Harry Reid [D].

House: 3 seats.

Governor: After defeating incumbent Jim Gibbons in the Republican primary, Brian Sandoval will face Rory Reid [D].

[14] NEW JERSEY:

House: 13 seats.

[15] NEW MEXICO:

House: 3 seats.

Governor: Diane Denish [D] will face Susana Martinez [R]; incumbent Bill Richardson [D] is term-limited.

[16] NORTH CAROLINA:

Senate: Incumbent Richard Burr [R] will face Elaine Marshall [D].

House: 13 seats.

[17] NORTH DAKOTA:

Senate: John Hoeven [R] will face Tracy Potter [D]; incumbent Byron Dorgan [D] is retiring.

House: 1 seat.

[18] OHIO:

Senate:

Lee Fisher [D] will face Rob Portman [R] for the seat George Voinovich [R] is leaving.

House: 18 seats.

Governor: John Kasich [R] will face incumbent Ted Strickland [D].

[19] OREGON:

Senate:

Jim Huffman [R] will face incumbent Ron Wyden [D].

House: 5 seats.

Governor: Chris Dudley [R] will face John Kitzhaber [D]; incumbent Ted Kulongoski [D] is term-limited.

[20] PENNSYLVANIA:

Senate: After defeating incumbent Arlen Specter in the Democratic primary, Joe Sestak will face Pat Toomey [R].

House: 19 seats.

Governor: Tom Corbett [R] will face Dan Onorato [D]; incumbent Ed Rendell [D] is term-limited.

[21] SOUTH CAROLINA:

Senate:

Alvin Greene [D] will face incumbent Jim DeMint [R].

House: 6 seats.

Governor: Nikki Haley [R] will face Vincent Sheheen [D]; incumbent Mark Sanford [R] is term-limited.

[22] SOUTH DAKOTA:

Senate: John Thune [R] seeking re-election.

House: 1 seat.

Governor: Dennis Daugaard [R] will face Scott Heidepriem [D]; incumbent Mike Rounds [R] is term-limited.

[23] TEXAS:

House: 32 seats.

Governor: Incumbent Rick Perry [R] will face Bill White [D].

[24] UTAH:

Senate: Sam Granato [D] will face Mike Lee [R]; incumbent Bob Bennett [R] was defeated at state GOP nominating convention.

House: 3 seats.

Governor [special election]: Gary Herbert [R] seeking full term.

[25] VIRGINIA:

House: 11 seats.

[26] WEST VIRGINIA:

House: 3 seats.

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Who will snatch the Illinois Senate seat?

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