Illinois State Politics
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Challenger is smart vote in House 55Oct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Greg Brownfield is the challenger for the Illinois House seat in the Bartlett and Carol Stream area. I am writing to let voters know in the 55th District that they have ...
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House District 66 hopefuls debate budget crisis solutionsOct 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Democratic state Rep. Mark Walker on Saturday pitched a new way to put together state budgets that would ensure Illinois doesn't spend more than it takes in, while David...
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44th District hopefuls claim they're both 'anti-tax'Oct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Republican challenger for the 44th District House seat Billie Roth finds herself on defense after Democrat incumbent challenger Fred Crespo criticized Roth's record on t...
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Not Rauschenberger's seat to reclaimSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - I strongly object to the wording in Kerry Lester's article, in the Sept. 23 issue, about Steve Rauschenberger. Lester refers to Rauschenberger's bid to, "reclaim his old...
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25th Senate candidates differ on pension fixSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Both candidates for the 25th District State Senate seat agree that Illinois lawmakers must fix the underfunded state pension system. But Republican Chris Lauzen and Demo...
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Harris decries charge he is 100 percent anti-abortionSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - A campaign letter charging that state House candidate David Harris does not support allowing victims of rape or incest to have abortions is a misrepresentation of his po...
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31st Dist. state Senator says opponent is 'an amateur'Sep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Democratic state Sen. Michael Bond says his opponent is "an amateur" for contending there is much to cut in Illinois' spending while being unable to identify specific li...
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59th district candidates want to change the systemSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - The race for state representative in the 59th District could be considered a case of self-described Republican outsider Dan Sugrue trying to upend the establishment. How...
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Hatcher, Healy plan appearances in 50th House raceSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - So far, the mailboxes of voters in the state House 50th District race are not overflowing with fliers from the candidates. It's a vast departure from the spring Republic...
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62nd House hopeful apologizes for gay marriage commentSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - A suburban political candidate said he regrets saying the nation's attitude toward gay marriage will change because older people eventually will die. "It was a poor choi...