Articles filed under Democratic Party
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Once counted out, Alvarez gets big help from women, suburbsFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - It's 8 a.m. on the day after elections and some character Anita Alvarez hardly knows is calling her cell phone asking for a job. A few weeks ago, her press secretary, Sa...
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A behind-the-scenes look from the eye of a media stormFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Digging out from a few inches of snow is nothing compared to being buried in a blizzard of media. Many of us 500 reporters covering Barack Obama's Super Tuesday party at...
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Five votes decides on Lake Co. board contestFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - After waiting hours for election results, candidates for Lake County Board seats finally learned of their respective victories and defeats late Tuesday -- if they hadn't...
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Laesch holding out for absentee ballotsFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - John Laesch has been campaigning for three years and doesn't want to stop now. Some absentee votes from Tuesday's primary election have yet to be tallied, he said Wedne...
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Clinton wins -- at least near hometownFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Hillary Clinton may have lost the state she grew up in, but she scraped out a victory among voters around her hometown of Park Ridge. Voters in Maine Township, which in...
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Now, every delegate matters for presidential candidatesFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Presidential candidates barely paused for breath after Super Tuesday before plunging ahead with the next phase of their campaigns. With good reason. For Democrats Hillar...
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Obama says he's raised $7 mil since polls closedFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has raised $7.2 million for his presidential campaign since the first polls closed on Super Tuesday night, his campaign said ...
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Democrat incumbents take water board primaryFeb 05, 2008 10:00 pm - All three incumbents on the Cook County Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board appeared to weather a primary challenge Tuesday on a crowded Democratic ballot. Wit...
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Geneva millionaire gets edge for Democratic nomination in 14th Dist.Feb 05, 2008 10:00 pm - In an extremely close race, scientist and businessman Bill Foster inched by to secure the Democratic nomination in the 14th Congressional District, with John Laesch foll...
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Incumbent sails to victory in Cook recorder raceFeb 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Despite some pointed attacks from his challenger, Cook County Recorder of Deeds Eugene Moore sailed to victory Tuesday. With 90 percent of the precincts counted, Eugene ...