Articles filed under Democratic Party
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Could questions about U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider's residency knock him off the ballot?Mar 22, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: The story has been updated to reflect Rep. Schneider filed his nominating petitions March 7. Questions about U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider's residency cou...
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More contested legislative races emerge for Northwest suburbsMar 15, 2022 1:00 am - A pair of Republican primaries to decide challengers for incumbent Democratic state legislators serving the Northwest suburbs materialized before Monday's candidate fili...
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Who from suburbs filed for U.S. House, Senate on last dayMar 14, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: Story has been updated to reflect that Iymen Chehade still works for Rep. Marie Newman. The final day of petition filing for the June 28 primary elec...
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Pappas named to replace disgraced Cullerton in SenateMar 09, 2022 10:00 pm - With just a month left in the scheduled session, local Democrats have named former state Rep. Diane Pappas to replace disgraced state Sen. Tom Cullerton in the 23rd Dist...
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Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton pleads guilty to embezzling from TeamstersMar 08, 2022 12:00 am - Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of embezzlement, admitting he improperly took more than $240,000 from the Teamsters labor union. C...
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The few legislative showdowns brewing in Northwest suburban Cook CountyMar 08, 2022 12:00 am - With day two of the candidate petition filing period for the June primary election now complete, only one political challenger has surfaced for any of the five state sen...
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Primary candidates for governor, secretary of state make it officialMar 07, 2022 12:00 am - The primary election season kicked into high gear Monday with Republican gubernatorial hopefuls filing petitions for what will be a bruising race and a number of candida...
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Senatorial, congressional hopefuls begin filing for June primaryMar 07, 2022 12:00 am - Monday was the first day for Illinois candidates in this year's midterm election to file nominating petitions - and it's already clear some of the contests that'll be on...
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Lots of interest in suburban congressional seats so far - but how many candidates actually will file?Mar 06, 2022 5:00 am - More than 40 potential candidates have lined up for eight congressional races in the North, West and Northwest suburbs - but whether that many actually are serious about...
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Only 19 Democrats broke from Madigan. Will his shadow change course of midterm elections?Mar 03, 2022 12:00 am - How long a shadow indicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will cast on the November election depends on whom you ask. Democratic House members who broke w...