Many Republican Candidates Left Out in the Cold by the GOP

Oct. 21, 2008 – When Steve Miller moved to Chicago eight years ago, he never thought of getting directly involved with the Republican Party. The only time he participated in an event for the GOP was at age 10, when his mother took him and his sister to see Ronald Reagan at the 1980 GOP National Convention in Detroit, his hometown.

Then, in early spring 2008, he received a call from a friend asking him if he was interested in running for the U.S. House of Representatives under the Republican Party's flag. Miller accepted.

And then he was left to do the job on his own.

"I am so fed up with this party," said Miller, who is running for Congress in Illinois' 7th district against incumbent Democrat Danny K. Davis.