Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:

They Want Your Votes
The Chicago Journal's Micah Maidenberg breaks down several tight Chicago-area statehouse primaries.

Kirk's Tea Party
Is the conservative Tea Party movement coming to Illinois to fight Mark Kirk? TPMDC has the scoop.

Move Your Money
A day before the White House proposed new restrictions on "too-big-to-fail" banks, Rep. Jan Schakowsky talked to blogger Mike Stark about moving her finances to a community bank.

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