Articles filed under Political Parties
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GOP chooses sheriff’s deputy to replace resigning lawmakerAug 20, 2013 8:03 pm - Republican officials have chosen a Kendall County sheriff’s deputy, who’ll be the first black Republican lawmaker in the state legislature in three decades, to replace r...
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SPIN METER: Who’s jumping through which 2016 hoopsAug 17, 2013 6:42 pm - Associated Press WASHINGTON — Get your face on TV and write a book: Check. Start meeting the big money people: Check. Visit Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina — Israel,...
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Judge halts creation of Lake election commissionAug 16, 2013 3:54 pm - A plan to strip oversight of Lake County elections from the county clerk was halted by a judge’s order Friday afternoon. In a hearing in Waukegan, Kane County Judge Davi...
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Divisions apparent on Democrat DayAug 14, 2013 3:29 pm - SPRINGFIELD — There was no booing this year, but the divisions and intraparty squabbles among Illinois Democrats were on full display Wednesday in Springfield as they ri...
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Kirk to visit Illinois State FairAug 12, 2013 4:32 pm - SPRINGFIELD — U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk formally steps back into the political arena this week with a trip to the Illinois State Fair, his first visit to central Illinois and ...
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Proft to headline Schaumburg Republican eventAug 12, 2013 4:05 pm - WLS-AM radio host and political commentator Dan Proft will be the special guest speaker later this month at the Schaumburg Township Republican Organization’s monthly bre...
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Obama: 'Appropriate reforms' for spy program in worksAug 09, 2013 6:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Responding to critics, President Barack Obama promised on Friday to work with Congress on “appropriate reforms” for the domestic surveillance programs that ...
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Quinn says no Democrat rally, speeches at state fairAug 09, 2013 5:57 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn says Democrats will skip the traditional rally and speeches at this year’s Illinois State Fair. The Chicago Democrat says Wednesday’s Govern...
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Conservative conference draws lawmakers, pickets in ChicagoAug 08, 2013 6:32 pm - More than a thousand conservative lawmakers and business executives are gathering this week in Chicago for conference that could shape a new wave of Republican legislati...
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Daley makes candidacy for governor officialJul 30, 2013 10:03 am - Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley officially stepped into the 2014 Illinois governor’s race Tuesday by filing paperwork with state election officials, making ...