State Sen. Bill Brady squeaked by last month's six-way Republican gubernatorial primary as a relatively unknown statewide commodity known - if at all - for his downstate roots.
The strategy was successful; after all, he won. But now, experts say, Brady should be on to a new mission of endearing himself to upstate voters.
"He's an unknown factor," said Kent Redfield, a political scientist at the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Redfield's comments were featured in a March 16, 2010, article in the Southtown Star.
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