Articles filed under Governor
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Video gambling a growing target for candidatesJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - With the promised windfalls of cash from legalized video gambling increasingly in question, the politics behind the massive expansion appear to be steering away as gover...
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Burris blasts Hynes' ad campaignJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, the first black man ever elected statewide, on Wednesday called a recent campaign ad invoking deceased Chicago Mayor Harold Washington "an abomi...
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Attack ads come on strong in final weekJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Strong statements hit the airwaves over Senate, governor primary races
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Internal GOP report expands on McKenna admonishmentJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - State Republican party officials concluded that governor hopeful Andy McKenna "compounded one ethical misstep with another" when he used party resources to...
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GOP governor debate grows testier as election nearsJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - The Republican candidates for governor fired insults and accusations at each other in a Tuesday night debate but saved some of the toughest comments for an opponent who ...
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Governor's race tightens in final weekJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - With the race to claim their respective party nominations now down to its final week, Republican and Democratic candidates for governor crisscrossed the state Tuesday, b...
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Debate more like brawl between Quinn, HynesJan 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn and his Democratic opponent Dan Hynes wasted no time attacking each other Monday in their last televised debate, with Hynes saying Quinn was "disoriented"...
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GOP governor's hopefuls split on campaign finance limitsJan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - As donations pour into their campaign funds, the issue of limiting how much can be given to a candidate divides the six Republicans seeking the state's highest office. I...
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Zoo vs. kids; where does Quinn stand?Jan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Think about this paradox. Gov. Quinn gives $15.6 million to Brookfield Zoo which in turn will save X amount of Zoo personnel; but fails miserably to reimburse Clearbrook...
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If governor candidates rebuke faith, what about public commitments?Jan 24, 2010 10:00 pm - "In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, I would never vote for the following men for Illinois governor, "says the glowing TV image of the late,...