Kerry Lester
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Kirk health update: Senator has walked 15 miles, calls every day a “challenge”Jul 27, 2012 5:31 pm - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk has walked 15 miles during rehabilitation from a stroke but considers every day “a challenge.” The Highland Park Republican, in a highly anticipated...
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Crystal Lake man who died in Colorado 'unique'Jul 21, 2012 7:00 pm - 'A young man who did believe he was accountable'
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Foster: Spirit of bipartisanship all but dead in WashingtonJul 21, 2012 1:50 pm - Bill Foster, the former Fermilab scientist and former Democratic congressman trying to unseat Republican Rep. Judy Biggert of Hinsdale, says that the spirit of bipartisa...
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Walsh to skip GOP conventionJul 19, 2012 8:39 am - Republican Congressman Joe Walsh announced Thursday he will not attend the Republican National Convention in Florida, a move he calls “consistent with everything I’ve do...
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Schneider's interns parody “Call Me Maybe”Jul 18, 2012 5:00 pm - First it was Harvard's baseball team. Then Cookie Monster. Now, interns in a suburban congressional race have recorded their own parody to Carly Rae Jepsen's hit single,...
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Walsh criticizes Duckworth’s apparent fundraising recordJul 16, 2012 5:50 pm - With $889,050 raised during the second quarter, 8th Congressional District Democratic candidate Tammy Duckworth said she has broken a fundraising record for House challe...
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10th District opponents Dold, Schneider tout independenceJul 16, 2012 11:00 am - In back-to-back radio interviews, 10th Congressional District candidates Bob Dold and Brad Schneider are focusing on their independence from their respective party lines...
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Nekritz: Pension reform might wait until lame duck sessionJul 10, 2012 5:30 am - Illinois state Rep. Elaine Nekritz doesn’t expect lawmakers to act on pension reform until after the Nov. 6 general election, though Gov. Pat Quinn said they should be r...
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More suburban Jews turning to the Republican PartyJul 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Standing at a Skokie Holiday Inn before a table full of “Obama! Oy Vey!” buttons, Anita Ashe and Ellen Warsaw had a strikingly similar story to tell. The women, both Sko...
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Healthcare ruling affects suburban candidates' spinJun 30, 2012 11:00 pm - Experts: Decision a win for Obama but gives GOP ammunition too