Articles filed under Democratic Party
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DuPage party chairs back for second roundMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Both incumbent DuPage County political party chairmen were re-elected to their second two-year terms Wednesday at their respective conventions. DuPage Democratic Party C...
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McHenry Co. parties choose new leadersMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Narrowly divided McHenry County Democrats chose new leadership Wednesday night, while their Republican counterparts opted to stick with what they see as a good group at ...
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Rangel steps down from House Ways and Means Committee postMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- New York Rep. Charles Rangel temporarily stepped aside as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday as he struggled with mounting ethics woe...
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Unwelcome spotlight falls on Obama chief of staff Rahm EmanuelMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- No-drama Obama was bound to get fireworks when he chose the expletive-spewing, hotheaded, never-at-rest Rahm Emanuel to be his White House chief of staff. ...
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Democrats taking applications for Ill. lt. gov.Mar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Illinois' Democratic voters picked a pawnbroker as their candidate for lieutenant governor, and that didn't exactly end well. So perhaps they won't mind if the next cand...
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Duckworth says no to Quinn, won't run for lt. governorFeb 23, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Hoffman Estates Democrat Tammy Duckworth has declined the governor's invitation to run as his lieutenant governor nominee in the upcoming elections. Gov. ...
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Invitations to job creation meeting in Aurora trigger disputeFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - State Rep. Lou Lang's Feb. 26 visit to Aurora to encourage job growth wasn't supposed to be a city-sponsored event in the first place. But now a ruling by the city's att...
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Cohen should have been allowed to runFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - I say let Scott Lee Cohen run for the office of lieutenant governor in Illinois. Are we not the nation of second, third and fourth chances? Leave his past in the past. C...
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All is not well with either party in IllinoisFeb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Question: Why is Illinois politics like Yellowstone's "Old Faithful"? Answer: Because the hot air just keeps on gushing. Example 1, the Democrats. Most of the century's ...
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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...