Articles filed under Lt. Governor
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Cohen earned more votes than BurrisFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - It is amazing how our representatives (ie. Durbin, Quinn, Davis) sway in the political winds. Not too long ago, they vowed not to seat Roland Burris to the vacant U.S. ...
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The blame game and the election of Scott CohenFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has offered a couple of understandable shots at the news media in the past week over the Scott Lee Cohen debacle. Questioned abou...
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Madigan proposes eliminating lt. governor's post starting in 2015Feb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The lieutenant governor's office would be eliminated beginning in 2015 under a proposed state constitutional amendment filed Wednesday by Illinois House Sp...
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Madigan says he warned Cohen things would get worseFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - House Speaker Michael Madigan said Tuesday that in his recent conversations with Scott Lee Cohen, he repeatedly suggested the Chicago pawnbroker abandon hi...
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Cohen controversy renews debate over value of the jobFeb 08, 2010 10:00 pm - The controversy surrounding Scott Lee Cohen's nomination and subsequent withdrawal from the race for Illinois lieutenant governor has renewed the debate over whether the...
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Making Scott Lee Cohen folk hero says more about usFeb 08, 2010 10:00 pm - "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." - H.L. Mencken. ••• No sooner does the outrage of bumbling Ill...
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Quinn: Want to be my lt. gov.? Speak up nowFeb 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Democrats in Illinois are getting a political do-over: the chance to pick a new lieutenant governor nominee themselves now that the primary winner dropped out of the rac...
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Cohen exits lt. governor's race amid furor over arrestFeb 07, 2010 10:00 pm - The Democratic nominee for Illinois' lieutenant governor dropped out of the race Sunday night, less than a week after winning the nomination, amid a political uproar abo...
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Ex-girlfriend: Cohen no good for public officeFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - Scott Lee Cohen has no place in public office, his ex-girlfriend said in a statement from her attorney. Speaking through her celebrity attorney, Gloria Allred, Amanda J....
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Good government doesn't just happenFeb 06, 2010 10:00 pm - The truth is, Scott Lee Cohen won the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor because almost nobody paid attention to the race. Frankly, not too many people paid a...