Articles filed under 8th Congressional District
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Brady still thinking about a second term as chairJan 24, 2013 4:15 am - On their signature day at the Illinois State Fair in August 2009, Republicans found themselves scrambling to name a new chairman. Shortly after Andy McKenna resigned hi...
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Will gay marriage stance cost GOP chairman his job?Jan 24, 2013 4:15 am - A newly elected suburban state senator is rounding up fellow Illinois Republican officials to try to oust the chair of the beleaguered party over his support for legaliz...
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Suburban Democrats vow bipartisanship in CongressJan 03, 2013 4:30 am - The swearing in today of U.S. Rep.-elects Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates, Bill Foster of Naperville and Brad Schneider of Deerfield represents a 180-degree departure...
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Walsh to speak in Arlington Hts.Dec 24, 2012 2:00 pm - Congressman Joe Walsh will be the featured speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the Arlington Heights Tea Party, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, in the Hendricksen Room of...
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Crowd cheers as Walsh hints at continuing political careerDec 08, 2012 12:00 pm - Having started his successful campaign three years ago with a rousing town hall meeting, recently defeated Congressman Joe Walsh vowed to go out the same way. At his fin...
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9 more Iraq, Afghan war veterans joining CongressNov 24, 2012 7:00 am - WASHINGTON — As Tammy Duckworth sees it, her path to Congress began when she awoke in the fall of 2004 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. She was missing both of her le...
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Joe Walsh for governor in 2014?Nov 07, 2012 10:00 am - Less than 12 hours after his concession speech to Democrat Tammy Duckworth, Congressman Joe Walsh was not ruling out a future bid for governor or U.S. Senate. Describing...
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Duckworth: Volunteers the difference in 8th District raceNov 07, 2012 5:17 am - Just hours after declaring victory over Congressman Joe Walsh in the 8th Congressional District, Democrat Tammy Duckworth of Hoffman Estates was up and at ’em, greeting ...
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Victorious Duckworth pledges to reach across the aisleNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - In the end, it wasn't close after all. Democrat Tammy Duckworth sailed past charismatic Tea Partyer Joe Walsh to take the 8th Congressional District for the Democrats. W...
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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...