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Georgia counts ballots as U.S. Senate control hangs in balanceJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Georgia officials counted the final votes of the nation's turbulent 2020 election season early Wednesday as polls closed in two critical races that will determ...
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Oberweis asks U.S. House to overturn Underwood victoryJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - This story has been updated to reflect that Candidate Jim Oberweis is asking the U.S. House to order a recount or special election. Claiming voting irregularities l...
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Editorial: Second stimulus is a beginning, nothing moreJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Sixth in an Opinion series The Daily Herald Editorial Board To be sure, the $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill, aka the second stimulus, will help millions of Americans...
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DuPage clerk: Recounts confirm results in four racesDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek announced Monday that discovery recounts in races for four offices in the Nov. 3 election confirmed the results she certified Nov. 24....
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Biden returns to Georgia as validator for Ossoff, WarnockDec 15, 2020 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Republicans eager to cement GOP control of the U.S. Senate have branded Georgia's Democratic candidates as puppets who would ensure a leftist takeover of the f...
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Oberweis files for discovery recount in DuPage CountyDec 03, 2020 12:00 am - State Sen. Jim Oberweis, who lost the 14th Congressional District race to U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood by 5,374 votes, announced Thursday his campaign has filed for a disc...
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Trump headed to Georgia as runoff boost, but also a threatDec 01, 2020 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Some establishment Republicans are sounding alarms that President Donald Trump's conspiratorial denials of his own defeat could threaten the party's ability to...
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How you can get tickets to Biden's presidential inaugurationNov 19, 2020 5:00 am - Residents of Illinois' 10th Congressional District who want to attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration can request tickets using U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider's websi...
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How the 'red mirage' gave Republicans false sense of election successNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - As votes were being counted on election night, congressional candidate Jim Oberweis was ebullient. Oberweis, a Republican from Sugar Grove, was leading Democratic U.S. R...
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Though returns show Oberweis losing to Underwood, he appears in Washington for orientationNov 13, 2020 12:00 am - A Facebook post by Republican 14th Congressional District challenger Jim Oberweis shows he was at the U.S. Capitol for "new member orientation" Friday. That's even thoug...