Mark Kirk Booed At Republican Events

Buried in an article on upcoming Senate elections comes the news that Illinois GOP hopeful Mark Kirk has been jeered at party events .

Kirk faces a bevy of little-known Republicans and has the kind of centrist record that could leave him vulnerable to a conservative challenge, but that isn't in the cards yet -- even with Chicago developer Patrick Hughes starting to turn some heads.

"Maybe Pat Hughes could be that [alternative] if he can put together resources, but that's an open question," said an Illinois GOP consultant. "Kirk continues to get a lot of heat. He's been booed at parades -- even at GOP events that I've been at -- but in the absence of a clear alternative, I do not see him having much of a problem."

At a recent tea party in New Lenox, Illnois, protesters chanted "Not Mark Kirk!"

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