Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Oberweis holds slight lead over UnderwoodNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - With 100% of precincts reporting, unofficial results show Republican challenger Jim Oberweis leading Democratic incumbent Lauren Underwood by 895 votes in the race for t...
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Durbin wins reelection to U.S. SenateNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois has been reelected to a fifth term, handily winning over four lesser-known challengers. The 75-year-old Durbin is the S...
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Brad Schneider declared winner over Republican challengerNov 03, 2020 12:00 am - Democratic incumbent Brad Schneider has retained his 10th U.S. congressional seat over Republican challenger Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee, the Associated Press has declared...
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Heated races for 6th and 14th congressional seats drawing to a closeNov 02, 2020 4:30 am - In a year of political campaigns filled with name-calling, smears, half-truths and outright falsehoods, the races for two suburban congressional seats have fit in nicely...
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Schneider releases first TV ad; challenger Ramirez Mukherjee avoiding the airwavesOct 26, 2020 5:30 am - With a little more than a week to go until Election Day, Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider's first TV commercial of the season has hit the airwaves. Meanwhile, Republi...
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Casten and Underwood dramatically outspent Ives and Oberweis in early October, records showOct 26, 2020 1:00 am - Democrats in two hot suburban congressional races spent vastly more than their Republican opponents on advertising and other campaign expenses in the first half of Octob...
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Senate debate dives into racism, political corruption, lake levels and COVID-19Oct 25, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois' five candidates for U.S. senator in the Nov. 3 election laid out their positions on a variety of hot-button issues at a Sunday debate on NBC 5. The Green Party...
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Latest FEC reports reveal meager fundraising by Rick Laib in bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Bill FosterOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - As Election Day nears, a Republican congressional candidate who has denied there is a constitutional separation of church and state and who doubts the science pointing t...
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See Ives' WTTW appearance onlineOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - Republican congressional candidate Jeanne Ives' recent appearance on WTTW 11's "Chicago Tonight" has been made available for viewing online. Ives, of Wheaton, is running...
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GOP hopeful challenging Rep. Brad Schneider invested $1 million in her campaign last quarterOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - The Republican challenging Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider for his seat in Congress personally lent her campaign more than $1 million during the year's third quarter...