Articles filed under Republican Party
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New leader hopes to bring balance to state House GOPNov 16, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State Rep. Tony McCombie said Wednesday that her top priority when she becomes the next House minority leader will be to rebuild the GOP caucus following l...
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Trump announces his candidacy for president in 2024Nov 15, 2022 12:00 am - PALM BEACH, Fla. - Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will mount a third White House campaign, launching an early start to the 2024 contest. "In order t...
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Republicans in state House, Senate select new leadersNov 15, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Hoping to revive their party in Illinois after tough Election Night losses, Republicans on Tuesday met behind closed doors to select their new legislative ...
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'We got shellacked': Election results put spotlight on Illinois GOP's futureNov 12, 2022 12:00 am - Correction: This article misstated the year Republicans lost the Illinois House. It was 1997. While much has been said about the lack of political headway Republica...
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Editorial: Illinois GOP needs to seek middle groundNov 10, 2022 12:00 am - In the summer of 2019, as eager crowds in southern Illinois were attending public forums to hear how Cook County could be pushed out of Illinois and become its own state...
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Syed's defeat of Bos in 51st House District bucked trend of incumbent victories in Northwest suburbsNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Among the Illinois House and Senate races in the Northwest suburbs, voters Tuesday largely favored incumbents - most of them Democrats - but there was a notable exceptio...
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How the suburbs fit into J.B. Pritzker's decisive win - and what's next (president?)Nov 09, 2022 12:00 am - With the state House and Senate firmly under Democratic control and a second term as governor locked up, is Gov. J.B. Pritzker aiming higher? "There's no plan to do any...
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After victory, Underwood campaign spokesman blasts Republicans, pundits in profane tweetsNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Hours after U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood won a third term representing Illinois' 14th District, a spokesman for the Naperville Democrat's campaign posted a tweet in which ...
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'Disappointed with these results': Durkin leaves Illinois House GOP leadership postNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, a Western Springs Republican, has announced he's giving up his party leadership position. He made the decision after Tuesday's...
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No red wave here: Democratic congressional candidates won big in the suburbsNov 09, 2022 12:00 am - Despite projections of a red wave that would push Republicans into office in Illinois and across the country, Democrats - nearly all of them incumbents - swept all eight...