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Quinn-isms Jan 10, 2011 12:00 AM
Sidebar of popular Quinn one-liners uttered throughout the campaign, early days in office.
Quinn sports ‘the' tie to inauguration Jan 10, 2011 12:00 AM
Some people have lucky pennies, lucky rabbits' feet or even lucky socks. Gov. Pat Quinn, it seems, has a lucky tie. Quinn's purple and navy diagonally striped rep tie, worn during Monday's inauguration ceremony, has made its share of appearances throughout the election cycle.
Call him the state's chief bachelorJan 9, 2011 12:00 AM
A wedding ring, by no means, is a requisite to holding the highest office in the state. Yet all but two of Illinois’ 41 governors have been accompanied by a first lady as they move into the executive mansion. Pat Quinn, who will be sworn into a full term Monday, is the first bachelor in 61 years to occupy the office.
Civil unions and the churchDec 11, 2010 12:00 AM
Running for president in 1960, John F. Kennedy fended off concerns that as a Catholic he’d be controlled by the pope. “I am the Democratic candidate for president who also happens to be a Catholic,” he said. “I do not speak for my church on public matters, and the church does not speak for me.”
Where’s the mandate, Pat?Nov 20, 2010 12:00 AM
What planet is Gov. Quinn from? He believes that his micro-slim win over Brady is a mandate from the citizens of Illinois for his income tax increase. His election merely indicates he was barely selected as the lesser of two evils.
The Illinois Senator who could have beaten Pat Quinn Nov 7, 2010 12:00 AM
Illinois Republicans didn’t lose the election for governor by 19,000 votes last week when Bill Brady conceded to Pat Quinn. They lost the state’s top elected position by 193 votes last February when Bill Brady won the GOP primary.
Pat Quinn's mom shows toughness, love on the campaign trailNov 6, 2010 12:00 AM
Eileen Quinn keeps up a pace daunting for a woman half her age. The mother of Gov. Pat Quinn, a devout Catholic, attends daily Mass at St. Luke Church in River Forest, where, recalling a bit of her Irish heritage, she “prays for himself a lot.”
Decades of agitating take Pat Quinn from gadfly to governorNov 6, 2010 12:00 AM
It began with an overgrown suburban field. Gov. Pat Quinn was 10 years old then, his now 93-year-old mother Eileen recalls. The area across the street from the family's Hinsdale home today Robbins Park was filled with overgrown brush.
Quinn earns chance to argue he has mandateNov 5, 2010 12:00 AM
Gov. Pat Quinn's quest to become the elected leader of Illinois was fulfilled Friday when his Republican challenger conceded the state's closest governor's race in decades, leaving Quinn to argue he has a mandate to push a tax increase in the face of one of the nation's worst state budget problems.
Quinn won't push Brady to concedeNov 4, 2010 12:00 AM
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is refusing to officially declare victory even though he's proclaimed his lead "insurmountable." The Democrat on Thursday also wouldn't call on Republican Bill Brady to concede. Quinn says that decision is up to the state senator from Bloomington. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Quinn has a lead of more than 19,000 votes over Brady out of more than 3.6 million ballots that were cast.
Brady to concede Ill. governor raceNov 4, 2010 12:00 AM
Two Republicans with knowledge of state Sen. Bill Brady's campaign plans say he will concede the extremely close race for Illinois governor to Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn. The two spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity so as not to pre-empt Brady's planned announcement later Friday in his hometown of Bloomington.
Greens sue Channel 11 over debate snubsOct 30, 2010 12:00 AM
Green Party candidates Rich Whitney and LeAlan Jones on Saturday filed a federal suit against WTTW-TV Channel 11 over being excluded from its candidate forums. The suit seeks “injunctive, declaratory relief and monetary damages” for “the censorship of legally qualified candidates from debates hosted and publicly broadcast by a publicly funded, tax-exempt television station.”
Credit Brady for social stances Oct 30, 2010 12:00 AM
After watching the debate between Gov. Quinn and Sen. Brady, I was left dumbfounded by the discussion on social issues. The panelist's question made Sen. Brady seem hypocritical for being in favor of the death penalty and in opposition of abortion.
Quinn will act the most responsiblyOct 29, 2010 12:00 AM
Our state is on the verge of bankruptcy. Poverty in the Chicago suburbs has increased as much as 100 percent. People are losing their houses and are in financial trouble. The pensions of many Illinoisans are in jeopardy.
Brady will turn Illinois aroundOct 29, 2010 12:00 AM
When you cast your ballot, be sure to vote for Bill Brady for governor. In fact, for me, this is the most enthusiastic vote I have ever decided on. I say this because Bill is not only philosophically and intellectually in tune with mainstream conservative principles of course he is those things.
Brady, Quinn clash over budget, competenceOct 28, 2010 12:00 AM
The major party candidates for Illinois governor repeatedly questioned each other's honesty and competence Thursday in a debate dominated by angry exchanges.
Nothing secret about Brady’s liesOct 28, 2010 12:00 AM
It’s no big news that political ads can be misleading, vicious or just plain lies. But the worst ad I’ve ever seen is Bill Brady’s claim that Gov. Pat Quinn “secretly released 1,700 violent criminals from Illinois prisons.”
Quinn remembers our fallen soldiersOct 27, 2010 12:00 AM
We first met Gov. Pat Quinn on March 3, 2005. That was the day our son, Corp. John T. Olson USMC, was buried. John died at the young age of 21 and served three tours of duty in Iraq. Then-Lt. Gov. Quinn came, all by himself, to pay his respects. As he gave us his condolences, Pat (as we fondly refer to him) asked us what he could do.
Quinn’s has record of caring about petsOct 25, 2010 12:00 AM
Earlier this year, Bill Brady sponsored legislation that would allow for the mass gassing of sheltered dogs and cats His “final solution” would painfully kill pets over a period of 30 to 40 minutes. Imagine (if you can) your beloved dog or cat in a gas chamber with other innocent and terrified animals. I understand that sometimes they even survive this torture.
Cohen misses deadline in governor's raceOct 21, 2010 12:00 AM
Independent candidate for governor Scott Lee Cohen has missed a deadline set by Illinois' campaign laws. All candidates running in the Nov. 2 election are required to turn in reports showing how much money they raised between July 1 and Oct. 3.