Articles filed under Political Parties
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'Call a special session': Republicans want Pritkzer to act on corruption probeJul 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Republican lawmakers pressured Democrats and Gov. J.B. Pritzker Tuesday to reconvene the General Assembly to address the corruption scandal engulfing ComEd and implicati...
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Biden eyes GOP supporters while Trump focuses on his baseJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - In the four months since Joe Biden effectively won the Democratic presidential nomination, he has focused on consolidating the party's divergent and often warring factio...
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Eclectic slate of third-party candidates for president file in IllinoisJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - Third-party candidates filing for president Monday with the Illinois State Board of Elections included a Lake County native and a rap star. Libertarian Jo Jorgensen, who...
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Madigan's still in, leaving Democrats sending mixed messages about corruption probeJul 20, 2020 1:00 am - Despite bombshell allegations of political graft by federal agents, Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan is still standing but many Democratic lawmakers he led with an iron ...
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Editorial: It can be denied no longer: Speaker Madigan must goJul 17, 2020 11:00 pm - Federal prosecutors have not yet indicated whether they will indict the Illinois House speaker they dub “Public Official A” in documents filed with an explosive ComEd pl...
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Texas GOP votes to move convention online after court lossesJul 13, 2020 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - The Republican Party of Texas changed course Monday night and accepted a virtual convention after courts refused to force Houston, hard hit by the coronav...
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It's Trump's call on what the GOP convention will look likeJul 12, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After months of insisting that the Republican National Convention go off as scheduled despite the pandemic, President Donald Trump is slowly coming to ...
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Houston scraps Texas GOP's in-person convention due to virusJul 08, 2020 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Houston officials on Wednesday canceled the Texas Republican Party's in-person convention, saying the spread of the coronavirus made it impossible to hold...
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Trump 'flexible' on size of convention as lawmakers shy awayJul 07, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - With coronavirus cases surging in Florida, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's 'œflexible'ť on the size of the Republican National Convention...
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Elections board wants to continue challenge of third-party ballot accessJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' chief election authority told a federal appeals court Monday it wants to continue its appeal of looser election rules for third-party candidates....