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The Republican primary race for lieutenant governor went down to the wire Tuesday night, with state Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine trailing by a thin margin to downstater Jason Plummer on the Republican side.
In the Democratic race, the lone suburban ...
Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 02:41 PM
Voters in the 10th Congressional District who didn't see or hear any campaign-related materials over the weekend must have been out of town.
Heavily-funded candidates in both parties hit the streets and unleashed a flurry of ads to get their names a...
Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 02:51 PM
Since winning a seat in Congress in 2004, Barrington Democrat Melissa Bean has taken heat from some Democrats who claim she's not liberal enough and Republicans for being, well, a Democrat.
Even so, voters in Illinois' 8th District liked Bean, who's...
Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 03:06 PM
Some years ago, I was having lunch with John McCain in the Senate dining room when a new senator stopped by to say hello. He was John Edwards. His smile was capacious. He exuded happiness. He was articulate and friendly, and when he left, he got a b...
Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 03:22 PM
The drive to raise cash in aggressive primaries for governor is apparently so intense even Gov. Pat Quinn's mother loaned her son's campaign $100,000 and Republican Andy McKenna is putting more than $1.6 million of his own cash on the line.
Disclosu...
Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 04:03 PM
It was nearly four years ago that Mark Curran became the darling of the Democratic Party in Lake County when he defeated Republican incumbent Gary Del Re to win the race for sheriff.
But much has changed on the county's political landscape since the...
Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 04:11 PM
TEHRAN, Iran -- A senior physics professor who publicly backed Iran's opposition leader was killed when a bomb-rigged motorcycle exploded as he left for work Tuesday. The government blamed the U.S. and Israel for the attack.
The blast apparently wa...
Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 04:52 PM
With the Illinois primary election just around the corner, some top candidates have decided they can afford to skip a debate or two.
Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk won't take part in a televised debate Thursday in Chicago -- the major debate ...
Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 04:52 PM
H1N1 dates extended:
The Lake County Health Department is extending the dates of its H1N1 flu vaccination clinic in Gurnee. While clinic appointments were originally being scheduled through Jan. 31, appointments can now be made through the en...
Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 05:34 PM
WASHINGTON -- With the 2010 election year barely under way, two senators and one governor -- all Democrats -- ditched plans to run for re-election in the latest signs of trouble for President Barack Obama's party.
Taken together, the decisions by Se...
Updated: Aug 16, 2010 at 05:44 PM