Articles filed under 8th Congressional District
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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...
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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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On eve of election, Walsh, Duckworth working feverishlyNov 03, 2012 6:00 pm - “Away we go, baby!” That's how Republican Congressman Joe Walsh described the final three-day run up until the election in the 8th Congressional District, where he is b...
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New Indian SuperPAC jumps into Duckworth-Walsh raceOct 31, 2012 5:38 pm - The formation of a new Indian American SuperPAC supporting Congressman Joe Walsh’s campaign illustrates the political division within the Asian community in the 8th Cong...
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Walsh brings fiscal responsibilityOct 30, 2012 4:40 am - Ms. Duckworth has repeatedly said that she will support President Obama in his feckless tax and spend policies. The blindness of your editorial staff in endorsing her ma...
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Duckworth a true patriotOct 30, 2012 4:40 am - Tammy Duckworth is an extraordinary woman, and I am so glad that she is running for Congress to represent us in Washington. Tammy is a true patriot with a long and remar...