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Endorsement: Salvi in Republican Senate primary

Salvi claims victory in crowded GOP primary race to face Tammy Duckworth

By Jake Griffin
Jun 29, 2022 11:40 PM - Mundelein attorney Kathy Salvi claims victory in crowded Illinois GOP U.S. Senate primary race to face incumbent Tammy Duckworth in November.
'We're not giving up' on Illinois, ex-Trump aide Flynn says in Niles event for GOP candidates

By Jake Griffin
May 20, 2022 10:22 PM - Controversial former Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about former President Donald Trump's dealings with Russia and was pardoned by Trump before being sentenced, was in the suburbs Friday stumping for several Illinois GOP candidates.
What GOP Senate hopefuls vying to run against Duckworth say about election integrity

By Jake Griffin
Apr 27, 2022 6:16 PM - The seven Illinois Republican candidates vying for their party's nomination to run against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth sound off about election integrity and security.
Watch Republican Senate hopefuls debate for chance to challenge Duckworth

Daily Herald report
Apr 27, 2022 1:42 PM - Republican U.S. Senate candidates Casey Chlebek, Matt Dubiel, Bobby Piton, Peggy Hubbard, Kathy Salvi, Jimmy Lee Tillman II and Anthony W. Williams take part in a Zoom forum with editors of the Daily Herald. The Illinois primary takes place June 28.
Who from suburbs filed for U.S. House, Senate on last day

By Russell Lissau
Mar 16, 2022 10:56 AM - The final day of petition filing for the June 28 primary election attracted many candidates hoping to win seats in the U.S. Senate and Congress.
Senatorial, congressional hopefuls begin filing for June primary

By Russell Lissau
Mar 7, 2022 5:38 PM - Monday was the first day for Illinois candidates in this year's midterm election to file nominating petitions -- and it's already clear some of the contests that'll be on June's primary ballots will be crowded affairs.

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Pekau taking heat for award from group that criticized sex education, bakery’s drag show

Updated Aug 3, 2022 5:00 PM

Suburban congressional candidate Keith Pekau is taking heat for accepting an award from a group that called sex education standards “perverse” and has made transphobic social media posts.

Illinois Executive

Bailey responds to criticism over his remark contrasting Holocaust deaths with abortion

Updated Aug 2, 2022 5:56 PM

Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Darren Bailey on Tuesday is doing damage control after comments resurfaced in which he said the Holocaust “doesn’t even compare” with abortion.

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DuPage County Board member resigns; local Democrats to fill her spot on November ballot

Updated Aug 3, 2022 6:27 PM

DuPage County Board member Amy Chavez has announced she’s resigning from her seat, setting up a tight schedule for the local Democratic Party to fill her spot on the November election ballot and get a successor’s campaign off the ground.

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