Articles filed under U.S. Congress
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Watch Durbin, Curran duel in U.S. Senate debateSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - Incumbent Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican opponent Mark Curran Jr. took each other on in a joint Zoom interview with editorial board representatives of the Daily Her...
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Watch interview with Wilson, Malouf, third-party Senate candidatesSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - Third-party U.S. Senate candidates Willie Wilson of Chicago and Libertarian Danny Malouf of Crystal Lake took part in a joint Zoom interview with editorial board represe...
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Watch incumbent congressional candidate Sean Casten discuss issues in the 6th DistrictSep 23, 2020 1:00 am - Candidates for Congress from Illinois' 6th District were invited to discuss issues in the campaign with members of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Congressman Sean Cas...
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League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area hosts candidate forums through Oct. 1Sep 22, 2020 11:00 pm - The League of Women Voters of the Elgin Area is hosting candidate forums streamed live at www.facebook.com/LWVElginArea/. The forums are recorded for later viewing on th...
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Underwood, Oberweis roll out first TV ads in 14th Congressional District raceSep 22, 2020 1:00 am - YouTube Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood's ad is a cheery, 30-second spot that emphasizes her accessibility to constituents and the legislation she created that has...
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Rep. Casten criticized for calling people 'racist' and 'loony' while rapping in 2019Sep 21, 2020 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Sean Casten is taking heat from Republican challenger Jeanne Ives' campaign over an amateur video of the 6th District congressman rapping about people he descr...
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Three candidates in 6th Congressional District debate guns, racism and more in online forumSep 21, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: Ives was referring to state laws, not federal, when she said the U.S. already has universal background checks for gun purchases, a campaign spokeswoman...
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Voters can size up Sean Casten, Jeanne Ives in upcoming debatesSep 19, 2020 1:00 am - With mud being slung on both sides by the candidates and their supporters, the race for Illinois' 6th Congressional District seat is one of the messier battles in the su...
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14th Congressional race: How Underwood, Oberweis differ on health careSep 18, 2020 5:30 am - One of the candidates for Illinois' 14th Congressional District seat, incumbent Democrat Lauren Underwood of Naperville, believes health care is a human right that shoul...
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Curran and Durbin dispute the suburbs, wildfires and who's on the ballotSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - Mayors should get out of the business of policing, former Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran suggested at a joint editorial board meeting Friday, as his rival in the Nov. 3...