Articles filed under 11th Congressional District
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Behind the scenes of Foster's unexpectedly easy winNov 07, 2012 9:00 am - Bill Foster wasn't supposed to win like this. The money was even. The polls reflected a dead heat for months. Election night was supposed to be as down and dirty as th...
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Biggert concedes to Foster in 11thNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - In a race that mirrored the presidential contest for much of the election polling cycle, voters returned Democrat Bill Foster to Congress in Illinois’ new 11th District....
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Democrats take all three targeted House seats; GOP eyes governor’s raceNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - A year and a half ago, Democratic Congressional Committee Chair Steve Israel called the Chicago suburbs the “center of gravity” in the party’s fight to reclaim a House m...
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Suburban congressional races play big in national pictureNov 03, 2012 11:00 pm - With a congressional map drawn by Illinois' Democrats, national party leaders months ago proclaimed the road to a Democratic House majority in 2012 went right through Il...
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Kirk stumps for Biggert in new videoNov 03, 2012 4:36 pm - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk has, for the second time in a week, taken to the campaign trail via video to help support a vulnerable colleague. The state’s top ranking Republi...
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Biggert, Foster have evolving views on gay marriageNov 03, 2012 8:00 am - Both candidates in the new 11th Congressional District have evolving views on gay marriage, including opinions that have changed since February. The district was drawn ...
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Audience grills 11th District candidates on immigrationOct 29, 2012 10:31 am - Immigration and its enforcement took center stage in the 11th Congressional District contest for the second time in as many weeks Monday night. But this time the audien...
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Biggert, Foster don’t see eye-to-eye on energy, transportationOct 27, 2012 8:00 am - Long-term transportation funding will be a major issue for the Congressional lawmakers elected in November. The latest transportation bill action only provided funding f...
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Taxes, immigration highlight 11th Congressional debateOct 24, 2012 2:54 pm - In their final televised debate, Republican Judy Biggert and Democrat Bill Foster drew dividing lines on several key positions in the 11th Congressional District. The po...
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Fact-checking the ads in the 11th Congressional District raceOct 22, 2012 5:30 am - By now you’ve seen the competing attack ads involving trade with China that both Republican Judy Biggert and Democrat Bill Foster are running in the 11th Congressional D...