Articles filed under State Executive
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Runner-up deserves primary nominationFeb 26, 2010 10:00 pm - In the primary race for lieutenant governor, the people of Illinois awarded Scott Cohen the most votes (212,902 or 26 percent) and Al Turner a close second place (182,43...
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Duckworth says no to Quinn, won't run for lt. governorFeb 23, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Hoffman Estates Democrat Tammy Duckworth has declined the governor's invitation to run as his lieutenant governor nominee in the upcoming elections. Gov. ...
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State Republican governor's race still undecidedFeb 22, 2010 10:00 pm - Republican Kirk Dillard says he will wait for results from the state before deciding what to do after the GOP primary for Illinois governor ended in a virtual tie. Tuesd...
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Quinn says he's encouraged Duckworth to weigh lt. gov.'s postFeb 19, 2010 10:00 pm - CHICAGO - Gov. Pat Quinn says he told Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth that she should let him know if she's interested in being Illinois' lieutenant governor. Quinn on ...
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Dillard still down, not conceding in GOP Gov. raceFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - All the votes should be counted, but a winner in the Republican primary for Illinois governor is still not certain more than two weeks after voters went to the polls. S...
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Dillard hopes final bunch of votes beats BradyFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Election officials across the state are scheduled to finish counting absentee and provisional ballots today, offering an unofficial tally that could foresh...
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Cohen should have been allowed to runFeb 15, 2010 10:00 pm - I say let Scott Lee Cohen run for the office of lieutenant governor in Illinois. Are we not the nation of second, third and fourth chances? Leave his past in the past. C...
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GOP Lt. Gov. nominee Plummer says nothing to fear in his backgroundFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor insists there aren't any skeletons in his closet that could bring him down amid a blaze of damaging allegati...
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GOP lieutenant governor pick talks about his past, vision for officeFeb 14, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - In a wide-ranging interview with the Daily Herald last week, 27-year-old lieutenant governor hopeful Jason Plummer tackled a variety of issues, including S...
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Cohen submits resignation letter to state partyFeb 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Scott Lee Cohen has given Illinois Democratic Party leaders a letter withdrawing himself from the lieutenant governor's race. A spokesman for Illinois House Speaker Mich...