Illinois State Senator Bill Brady (R) barely eeked out a win in the Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary next month — something that is soon expected to become official (only a few hundred votes separated him from second-place finisher, Sen. Kirk Dillard).

A big, upset win for Brady, who was a significant underdog.

But forgive a visitor to Brady's campaign Web site for thinking he is no longer a candidate.

The most recent press release on the Web site is about a pre-Primary endorsement, and the highlighted story on his Web site slideshow links to a story from last October.

There is nothing on the Web site (unless it is well hidden) that even mentions the Primary Results.

During the campaign, I often criticized the Brady campagin's horrific email campaign (I joked that they had a policy of not sending emails out before midnight).

But things seem to have gone from bad to worse.

Now, granted, he's not officially the nominee, and pending final vote tallies, his challenger hasn't conceded yet.  But that's no excuse.

This is 2010.  Your Web site is (should be) your public face.  And, based on Brady's Web site, he's not even in the race.

Earlier tonight, I saw a tweet from @JakeParrillo that referenced a Google Insights result that showed a surge in Google searches for Bill Brady — the upset winner of the Illinois Republican Gubernatorial Primary. Click here to take a look at the chart of that Google Insights report.

But it doesn't end there.

Here is the chart of a Google Insights report on the dead heat matchup between incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn and challenger Dan Hynes.  While Quinn was the eventual winner — only a point separated them, which is basically reflected in that Google Insights report.

And take a look at this ...

In the hard-fought battle for the Democrat U.S. Senate nomination between Alexi Giannoulias and David Hoffman — eventual winner Giannoulias beats out Hoffman on Google search volume, and this Google Insights report reflects the close nature of the race.

And how about the Republican Lt. Governor race?

Upset winner Jason Plummer had a Google surge at the end of the race — forecasting his win last Tuesday.

Could Google Insights be the ultimate election prediction tool (for races in which there is enough search volume to register)?