Jake Griffin
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'Glitch' causes McHenry County vote undercount; fix hands board seat to DemocratNov 08, 2018 12:00 am - McHenry County's vote totals were underreported by nearly 20 percent because of a software "glitch," the county's chief election officer, Clerk Mary McClellan, acknowled...
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Suburbs' congressional representatives all DemocratsNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - Once the fourth-highest ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Peter Roskam soon will be out of a job. Along with his former Wheaton neighbor and fello...
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Trump effect? Suburbs turn deep blue with Democratic inroads across the boardNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - Perhaps nowhere in the country was Tuesday's Democratic blue wave more devastating to Republicans than in suburban Chicago. In the suburbs, the midterm election flipped ...
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Suburban gains help push General Assembly to Democratic supermajoritiesNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - On their way to an Illinois House supermajority of 71, Democrats picked up at least five suburban House seats, had a slim lead in another, and were neck-and-neck in one ...
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Suburban Democrats make inroads in county governmentNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - Suburban voters' blue mood led to Democratic inroads in county government, where they narrowed the Cook County Board's Republican representation to two seats out of 17, ...
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How the suburbs went from reliably Republican to DemocratNov 06, 2018 6:00 pm - The once-reliably Republican collar county voters helped Democrats sweep statewide offices and flip two U.S. House seats Tuesday. Political newcomers Sean Casten of Down...
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Willis handily wins reelection to state HouseNov 06, 2018 6:00 pm - Democratic incumbent Kathleen Willis of Addison won another term representing state House District 77, defeating Republican challenger Anthony Airdo of Melrose Park. Wit...
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No injuries in Libertyville house fireNov 05, 2018 12:00 am - Firefighters from more than a dozen neighboring departments assisted Libertyville in battling a blaze at a house on the 1400 block of Newgate Court today. The fire was r...
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Wheaton native 'made the world a little bit better for everyone'Nov 03, 2018 1:00 am - From the moment Meghan Liddy set foot in Africa nearly eight years ago, her heart found its home. "She struggled more when she would leave Africa than I did when she fir...
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Lawmakers seek investigation of toxic emissions at two Lake County plantsNov 02, 2018 1:00 am - Federal and state legislators are asking for an investigation into toxic emissions from two Lake County plants that were expelling the same cancer-causing gas that has p...