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Special Election IL05 Mon Feb 09 2009
Tracking the IL-05 Candidates on Twitter
There are sorts of unconventional ways to examine the 5th District special election. Jesse Greenberg took a look at the leading candidates' utilization of Twitter. He finds that State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz is way ahead of the others, followed by Mike Quigley in a distant second.
Here's a list, in alphabetical order, of all the Twitter accounts for IL-05 candidates that we could find; if you're aware of others, let us know in the comments.
• Greg Bedell
• Paul Bryar
• Sara Feigenholtz
• John Fritchey
• Tom Geoghegan
• Mike Quigley
• Charlie Wheelan
Seven out of 26 (give or take) candidates on Twitter -- and only two are outside the lead pack. That's really surprising, considering the social networking platform's prominence in the 2008 presidential election.
— Andrew Huff
Veronica / February 9, 2009 11:01 PM
I started to follow Sara just to keep tabs on her and the next day I got a follow from Mike. I'm really surprised that Geoghegan isn't Twittering more since he has such a following on blogs.