Articles filed under Political Parties
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McCain in driver's seat as Romney suspends campaignFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- John McCain's path to the Republican presidential nomination became smoother on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering campaign. "I mu...
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Officials speculate on Carlson's loss in Kane CountyFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - One of the more stunning upsets in Tuesday's primary came in Kane County Board District 26, where incumbent Jan Carlson of Elburn lost to Drew Frasz of La Fox. Carlson h...
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Leader urges GOP to uniteFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Thursday's announcement marked a remarkable turnaround. As little as two months ago, Mitt Romney led John McCain in the polls and was far ahead in the funds necessary to...
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Once counted out, Alvarez gets big help from women, suburbsFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - It's 8 a.m. on the day after elections and some character Anita Alvarez hardly knows is calling her cell phone asking for a job. A few weeks ago, her press secretary, Sa...
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A behind-the-scenes look from the eye of a media stormFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Digging out from a few inches of snow is nothing compared to being buried in a blizzard of media. Many of us 500 reporters covering Barack Obama's Super Tuesday party at...
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Krause won't concede House District 48 raceFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Voters will have to wait a couple of weeks until they know for dead-solid certain that they have a winner in the House 48th District Republican primary. When the dust s...
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Five votes decides on Lake Co. board contestFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - After waiting hours for election results, candidates for Lake County Board seats finally learned of their respective victories and defeats late Tuesday -- if they hadn't...
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Laesch holding out for absentee ballotsFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - John Laesch has been campaigning for three years and doesn't want to stop now. Some absentee votes from Tuesday's primary election have yet to be tallied, he said Wedne...
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Oberweis asks opponent to join him on anti-tax pledgeFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Fresh off his primary victory and just a month away from a special general election, congressional hopeful Jim Oberweis called on his Democratic opponent to join him in ...
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Clinton wins -- at least near hometownFeb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Hillary Clinton may have lost the state she grew up in, but she scraped out a victory among voters around her hometown of Park Ridge. Voters in Maine Township, which in...