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Bustos poll claims race is close
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A new poll puts Democrat Cheri Bustos much closer to U.S. Rep. Bobby Schilling, R-Colona, less than six weeks from election day. The internal poll conducted Sept. 24-26 by the Bustos campaign puts Rep. Schilling at 47 percent and Ms. Bustos at 45 percent in the 17th Congressional District. It's the first poll to take the pulse of the campaign since both campaigns and their proxies launched a television advertising blitz. A poll released by the Schilling campaign in August gave the Republican a 13-point lead and showed Ms. Bustos had much work to do to build her name recognition among voters. The new survey of 600 likely voters in the new 17th District appears to show that she's made up a lot of ground. The boundaries of the 17th District were redrawn after the 2010 census to run from Freeport through part of Rockford, the Illinois Quad-Cities and to Peoria in the south. The poll also found President Obama leading Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney 54 percent to 41 percent, a big lead that shows the extent to which the newly redrawn 17th District should favor Democrats. Rep. Schilling's 2-point lead is within the margin of error of the poll, which was conducted by GBA Strategies. 
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Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Large quantities of ice from LaCrosse and Lake Pepin are beingshipped on ice boats, towed by steamers to St. Louis and points below.
1888 -- 125 years ago: With the Mississippi River at 18 feet above the low water stage,Rock Island is waging a valiant fight to keep the river from flooding the entire city.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Approval has been given by the city commission for paving 45thStreet between 7th and 11th Avenues.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Herndon Wright, of East Moline, has won the discus-throw title, by aheave of more than 140 feet, to set a new high school record at Champaign.
1963 -- 50 years ago: With the Selective Service Law recently extended by Congress forfour more years, Mrs. Hazel Doris reminded young men that they must register withinfive days after attaining their 18th birthday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Over 500 Quad-Cities area retired volunteers were honoredrecently for their community services at a Retired Senior Volunteer Program luncheonat Palmer Auditorium in Davenport. Guest speaker, William Moffitt, director of productengineering of Deere & Co., spoke about leadership and stressed the importance ofcommunity volunteers.
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