Articles filed under Misc Elections
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Fact-checking the 2024 Trump-Harris debateSep 11, 2024 8:26 am - In their first and perhaps only presidential debate in the 2024 election, a defensive former president Donald Trump relied on many of his favorite falsehoods to combat attacks from Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris stretched the truth on occasion, but she was no match in the falsehood department against Trump.
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4 takeaways from the first Trump-Harris presidential debateSep 11, 2024 7:09 am - The 2024 election appears about as tight as can be, meaning the onus was on both Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump as they took the stage for the ABC News debate in Philadelphia on Tuesday night. And the stakes were especially high, given no further debates have been scheduled.
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Edgy traders brace for potentially ‘pivotal’ Trump-Harris debateSep 10, 2024 8:14 am - Investors weighing election risks ahead of the first U.S. presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are already a lot mor...
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Harris presses a more forceful case against Trump than Biden did on abortion, economy and democracySep 10, 2024 7:01 am - PHILADELPHIA — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump showcased starkly different visions for the country Tuesday on abortion, immigration and American democracy as they met for ...
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When it comes to funding state-level campaigns, Pritzker in a league of his ownSep 09, 2024 6:05 pm - The Illinoisans who are among the nation’s top political donors to federal candidates can’t hold a candle to Gov. J.B. Pritzker when it comes to cutting checks to state-registered candidates and groups, records show.
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Harris and Trump prep for debate that could define rest of the campaignSep 09, 2024 8:52 am - When Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump meet Tuesday night in Philadelphia, they will have taken dramatically different approaches to preparing for the first - and likely only - presidential debate between the two candidates.
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Harris' past debates: A prosecutor's style with narrative flair but risks in a matchup with TrumpSep 09, 2024 8:52 am - From her earliest campaigns in California to her serving as President Joe Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris has honed an aggressive but calibrated approach to debates.
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Who are the top federal campaign donors from Illinois?Sep 08, 2024 9:00 pm - The nearly $72 million a Lake Forest billionaire and his wife have contributed to federal candidates and groups this election cycle is significantly greater than any other Illinoisans’ donations, data from an independent research group shows.
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Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy outlines solutions at inaugural DuPage County Mental Health SummitSep 08, 2024 9:46 am - Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy, son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, sees a clear path forward for the improvement of mental health care in the nation, and it comes down to applying the financial incentives that have strengthened other industries.
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Search is on for election workers across six-county suburban regionSep 06, 2024 11:36 pm - Recruitment of suburban election judges and other polling place workers for this fall is well under way, but without many of the reported challenges faced in 2020 due to the pandemic.