Articles filed under Political Parties
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GOP facing long odds for gains in legislatureOct 14, 2012 5:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The state’s unemployment rate is above 9 percent, Democrats in the Illinois Capitol have been in charge as budget and pension deficits soared, and Republic...
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Spotlight on social issues in 52nd House raceOct 13, 2012 8:00 am - The candidates for the 52nd House District seat say their top priority in Springfield would be improving the state’s economic climate, and yet social issues at times hav...
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Morrison, Rudd vying for 54th House District seatOct 12, 2012 5:30 am - The race for the 54th House District seat features a freshman lawmaker and a political newcomer with very different fiscal views and polar opposite social positions. Rep...
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Images: Biden vs. Ryan in vice presidential debateOct 12, 2012 12:22 am - Vice President Joe Biden and challenging vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan go head to head in a debate in which neither candidate held back with claims and countercl...
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Fact check: Slips on Libya, Syria, auto bailoutOct 11, 2012 10:24 pm - WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden has mangled a heaping helping of facts over the years. Despite being newer to presidential-campaign politics, Republican Paul Ryan ...
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War zones, body language off-camera at debatesOct 11, 2012 10:21 pm - DANVILLE, Ky. — Most voters watching the debate from home didn’t get to see what happened before and after Vice President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Paul Ryan w...
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VP Debate: Biden, Ryan at each other on everythingOct 11, 2012 8:00 pm - DANVILLE, Ky. — At odds early and often, Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan squabbled over the economy, taxes, Medicare and more Thursday night in a contentious, interru...
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In Miami, Obama plays odd role: Warm-up actOct 11, 2012 7:42 pm - CORAL GABLES, Fla. — For one day of the campaign, at least, President Barack Obama was just the warm-up act. Hours before Vice President Joe Biden’s lone debate with Rep...
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Mitt Romney meets with Rev. Billy GrahamOct 11, 2012 7:39 pm - MONTREAT, N.C. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney met Thursday with Rev. Billy Graham, and the aging evangelist pledged to do “all I can” to help the GOP no...
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Trustee hosts Walsh meet-and-greet in BartlettOct 07, 2012 3:37 pm - Bartlett trustee Frank Napolitano is hosting a meet and greet with Republican congressman Joe Walsh at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, at Bannermans Sports Grill, 858 S Rou...