It has been speculated the budget stalemate in Springfield will resolve itself once the March primaries are concluded.

With less than a month to go before those elections, the likelihood of that happening seems to increase with each passing day and political expert, Dr. Kent Redfield at the University of Illinois-Springfield says there are some interesting races going on in Illinois.

Redfield points to a central Illinois race, where Sen. Sam McCann is being challenged. Redfield says his opponent is being funded heavily by a group aligned with Governor Rauner. He believes that race has it's own message.

Redfield points out, that won't change the fact you need 60 votes in the House and 30 votes in the Senate on a bill the Governor will sign in order to get anything done.