Articles filed under US Senate
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Images: Election Night in the Suburbs of ChicagoNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - See moments from Election Night in the suburbs of Chicago. Highlights include the race for US Senate, as well as the 8th and 10th Congressional Districts. ...
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Can opponents be friends after the election? It's getting harderNov 07, 2016 2:00 am - Their solidarity as two disabled members of Congress was evident on a cold January day in 2013. New Hoffman Estates Democratic congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, a double-am...
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Kirk, Duckworth race key to Senate controlNov 06, 2016 6:15 am - Two suburban lawmakers with nationally known personal stories of recovery square off at the polls Tuesday in a closely watched race that will help determine which party ...
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Kirk apologizes for mocking Duckworth's family's military historyOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk apologized Friday for mocking his Democratic rival's immigrant background and her claim that her family's military...
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Race between Duckworth, Kirk key to determining Senate controlOct 25, 2016 1:00 am - Freshman Republican Sen. Mark Kirk and Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth are squaring off a nationally watched race that will help decide which political party has co...
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Endorsement: Mark Kirk over Tammy Duckworth for SenateOct 15, 2016 2:00 pm - On Jan. 21, 2012, Mark Kirk was a remarkably fit 52-year-old at the height of his powers and success, an energetic U.S. senator back home in Chicago's suburbs prior to t...
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Kirk says police are too militarizedOct 08, 2016 5:00 am - Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk said Friday that "too many police departments are militarized" and that more training is needed to improve relations between minority comm...
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Trump on Kirk's campaign: 'That's his problem'Oct 07, 2016 1:00 am - SANDOWN, N.H. - Donald Trump lashed out against a broad array of people at a town hall-style event staged before a friendly audience here Thursday night - including the ...
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Kirk on Trump: He should step down, or GOP should replace himOct 07, 2016 1:00 am - Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk said in a tweeted response to the tape recorded in 2005 of Donald Trump talking lewdly about women that the Republican party should seek t...
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Kirk, Duckworth raising big money from special interestsOct 03, 2016 5:30 am - A New York billionaire whose hedge fund made an estimated $2 billion profit at the conclusion of a more than decadelong dispute with Argentina donated $250,000 to suppor...