Articles filed under Political Parties
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Best to listen to both sidesDec 24, 2010 12:00 am - I attended a meeting Dec. 11 with Rep. Randy Hultgren and Sen. Mark Kirk at the Norris Center in St. Charles. Most people attending the filled auditorium were adamant su...
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Push for lots of maps, open debatesDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - The Illinois Senate took steps this fall to approve a plan for creating new political cartography next year. Senate Bill 3976 moved quickly and now sits in the House, re...
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Kane County Republican official gets top GOP postDec 13, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Republican Party's new co-chair says that as a Kane County resident and native of Mexico, she will try to help the party reach out to Hispani...
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Bean: 8th Congressional race too close to callNov 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Ten days after the election, 8th District Congresswoman Melissa Bean insisted Friday that the race with Republican Joe Walsh is still too close to call, as she prepared ...
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What would Jesus say about social programs?Nov 04, 2010 11:00 pm - While accusing tea partyers of being ignorant and Republicans of being obstructionists, Raleigh Sutton exposed his own misguided thinking in his recent letter to the Dai...
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Calling again for independence from party chiefsNov 03, 2010 11:00 pm - If you're among the many suburban residents who live in one of the half-dozen or so hotly contested House districts, you got the mailers. Maybe you didn't examine them c...
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Cronin to make three major DuPage appointmentsNov 03, 2010 11:00 pm - State's attorney and two senate posts on his list
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High-profile races lead to big money spent on campaignsNov 03, 2010 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD – Those mailers aren't flooding your mailbox, and the radio and TV commercials have mercifully stopped. For both parties, the appetite for wins and seats in ...
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Durbin backs Reid as Senate leaderNov 02, 2010 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD – Speculation that U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin could become the most powerful Democratic lawmaker in Washington, D.C., quieted Tuesday night when Senate Majority L...
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DuPage's Birkett appointed to appellate courtNov 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Cronin will pick successor, prosecutor Ruggiero on shortlist