Articles filed under 8th Congressional District
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U.S. Reps plan Medicare discussion with local seniors TuesdayMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Reps. Brad Schneider, Jan Schakowsky and Tammy Duckworth, all Democrats, will host a "Keeping Medicare Healthy" discussion with local seniors and the National Commi...
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Lake County boards could get more firing powerMay 02, 2014 5:30 am - Lake County officials are getting closer to giving county boards a better chance to fire appointees. Why would they want to? Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor poin...
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Blagojevich makes one final campaign donationApr 18, 2014 5:00 am - More than a decade after he served in Congress and two years into his prison sentence, Rod Blagojevich's federal campaign account made its final donation this week. In c...
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Duckworth visits Elgin for app challengeApr 16, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth visited the Elgin Technology Center in downtown Elgin Wednesday to promote the U.S. House Student App Challenge, which began Feb. 1. As part of...
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Congressional art contest accepting entriesApr 01, 2014 1:01 am - Submissions are now being accepted for the 2014 Congressional Art Competition, U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth's office announced Tuesday. High school students who reside or a...
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New Republican faces line up for central committee postsMar 28, 2014 1:01 am - Only one suburban member of the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee is running for re-election next month. In the 10th Congressional District, committeeman...
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Will national Republicans support Kaifesh in 8th?Mar 20, 2014 5:30 am - With Larry Kaifesh's nomination Tuesday as the Republican challenger to Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth in the 8th Congressional District, a major question now is h...
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Kaifesh cruises to victory in 8th District GOP primaryMar 18, 2014 1:01 am - U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Col. Larry Kaifesh claimed victory in the 8th Congressional District GOP primary Tuesday night, leading opponent Manju Goel with 71.5 percent o...
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Plenty of hot DuPage County primary racesMar 16, 2014 8:00 am - Voters in Tuesday's DuPage County primary will pick their party's nominees for numerous county, state and congressional seats to advance to the November general election...
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8th District primary among suburbs' hottest racesMar 16, 2014 8:00 am - Eighth Congressional District GOP rivals Manju Goel and Larry Kaifesh started their campaigns seeing eye to eye on most every major issue. Their shared criticisms of the...