downstater

Mr. Eddy is what they call a downstater, an assemblyman who serves an east-central Illinois district hugging the Indiana border.

Republicans Sell Out Chicago Schoolkids 2010

"There's no question that being a downstater was a good thing for me."

NBC Chicago - 2010

He long ago shed the moniker of "downstater" to become New York's omnipresent U.S. Senator.

TOP STORIES - YNN, Your News Now 2010

One, upstaters just aren't going to be thrilled with old downstater Rudy at this point.

Election Central Sunday Roundup 2009

The Blacks don't want a Hispanic, the Hispanics don't want a Black, Upstaters don't want a downstater and the downstaters know that an upstater won't do a damn thing to help the City or Long Island.

Eric Lurio: A Certain Mrs. Schlossberg 2009

I still tell my father, a native Chicagoan turned downstater, in terms a Chicagoan can fully appreciate, that he quietly delivered Iowa to Obama.

The Man Who Delivered Iowa 2008

There are plenty of former GOP state senators out there- I'm sure a downstater would be interested.

Question of the day 2005

Strong downstater plus Sox fans will love him because of his good luck charm for Reinsdorf.

Question of the day 2005

AGAIN, downstaters do not view a guy from Knox as a downstater.

This just in... 2005

Now, in response to all of those lamenting the loss of a downstater on the ticket, let's run through a list of downstate Democrats who actually would have been good candidates:

This just in... Giannoulias to announce Sunday 2005