Articles filed under Governor
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GOP hopefuls united in opposition to health care planNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Republican candidates for Illinois governor ripped into President Barack Obama's health care reform push at a Thursday debate, with at least one calling it "socialist" a...
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Ryan returns to run for governorNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Former Illinois attorney general Jim Ryan formally launched another campaign for governor Tuesday, seven years after leaving politics following a loss to R...
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Jim Ryan to kick off run for governorNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan will file candidacy petitions to run for the Republican nomination for governor. Ryan's campaign issued a news r...
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Official kickoff of 2010 campaigns brings flocks of candidatesOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - In the early morning darkness, the line outside the state's election office stretched down and around the block, filled with candidates - known and unknown...
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Ex-attorney general Ryan in governor's raceOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan is set to officially enter the race for governor. Campaign spokesman Dan Curry says Ryan will file petitions on Nov. 2 to get ...
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Opening day filers for state, Cook County racesOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Here are the congressional and legislative candidates from the Northwest suburbs who filed on opening day for the Feb. 2 primary election. The filing deadline is Nov. 2,...
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Former GOP chairman joins governor's raceOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Republican Andy McKenna has jumped into the race for governor with a promise to clean up Illinois. McKenna called himself "the quiet cure" for government ...
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Quinn formally announces candidacyOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn, who often reminds people he took over in a crisis, did so again Thursday when he formally declared his run for a full term as governor. The Democrat ackn...
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Ex-GOP chair's political ambitions reveal much about brewing primaryOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - For four years as chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, Andy McKenna tried to breathe life into the winded institution, searching for winning candidates and working...
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GOP governor candidates elbow for position in debateOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Five Republican candidates for governor positioned themselves for the race in the upcoming February primary Wednesday with a debate at the Union League Club in Chicago. ...