Kerry Lester
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Election officials don't expect big hike in voter registrations this timeSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Illinois had a record number of newly registered voters in fall 2008 thanks, in part, to the Obama campaign, which ran the largest presidential voter registration drive...
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Quinn, Brady clash on education funding at debateSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn and state Sen. Bill Brady clashed on education funding at the first public debate between the two major party candidates for Governor Wednesday. Brady's p...
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Whitney protests being left off debate listSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Rich Whitney, Green Party candidate for governor, staged a protest outside Chicago's Union League Club over not being invited to a Wednesday morning candidates forum fea...
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Spanish radio ads target Republican votes on immigration reformSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Fueled in part by anger over Republican blockage of a major immigration reform measure last week, two immigration rights groups and one of the country's largest employee...
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Noland, Rauschenberger split on income tax increase, cutsSep 27, 2010 11:00 pm - With the state facing a $13 billion deficit and failing to pay its bills to schools and social services agencies, both candidates for 22nd District Senate agree that bud...
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Kirk, Giannoulias split on gay marriage, 'don't ask, don't tell'Sep 26, 2010 11:00 pm - In his decade as a congressman, Mark Kirk has made more votes for gay rights than many of his Republican peers. Still, the U.S. Senate candidate is opposed to gay marria...
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Does governor's race mean death penalty moratorium at an end?Sep 25, 2010 11:00 pm - The moratorium on executions in Illinois has existed as a purely political animal since former Gov. George Ryan commuted all death sentences to life terms in January 200...
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Ballot access lawsuit doesn't stop suburban election processSep 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Downstate county election commissions may be telling absentee voters to hold off in light of a pending ballot access lawsuit. In the suburbs, however, it's business as u...
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Candidate apologizes for comments on gay marriageSep 22, 2010 11:00 pm - State Senate candidate Steve Rauschenberger of Elgin is apologizing for referring to gay marriage as "abnormal." "In searching for a word on the difficult issue of same ...
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Rauschenberger wins case to stay on ballotSep 22, 2010 11:00 pm - After months of court hearings and more than $30,000 in legal fees, Steve Rauschenberger's fight to stay on the ballot is over. The Illinois Supreme Court Wednesday uphe...