A new GOP gubernatorial poll including former Attorney General Jim Ryan came out today from Rasmussen Reports, and shows Ryan up by 7 points over Democrat Governor Quinn, giving Ryan the best chance of any of the IL GOP candidates to defeat a Democrat in [...]
Illinois' Tea Party movement has not decided upon one candidate for U.S. Senate, as Illinois Review mistakenly implied Friday in the first sentence of the post "Will Co. Tea Party Alliance plans to "Stop Mark Kirk"," state Tea Party contact Denise Cattoni pointed out Saturday.
"Each individual group can endorse a candidate'" [...]
GOP candidate Adam Andrzejewski posted the photo below on his Facebook page with the title "Posterous Photos," something maybe should have been titled "Preposterous Photo"? Nevertheless, it occurred to us that this should be a featured Caption Contest photo for our clever and creative IR readers.
So, in this photo [...]
The Illinois Alliance for Growth today called on Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidates to reassure Illinoisans that they will hold the line against taxes and overcome their credibility gap with voters on the tax issue.
Polling conducted on December 2nd through December 8th on behalf of The Chicago Tribune by the Market [...]
At the Tea Party US Senate/Congressional forum in Joliet, one lady in the audience asked the GOP candidates' position on whether the Federal Reserve should be abolished. Every candidate in attendance agreed the Federal Reserve should either be abolished or at the very least, audited.
Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) has been' [...]
This endorsement is only for the Democratic primary, but it's difficult to see a Republican getting environmental support in the general election considering the out-of-touch-with-reality statements coming from GOP candidates.
Here's the press release from Illinois Sierra Club Director Jack Darin:
Sierra Club today announced its endorsement of Alexi Giannoulias [...]Last week, Illinois Review reported GOP candidate for US Senate Mark Kirk signed Americans for Prosperity-IL's pledge to oppose any Climate Taxes if he's elected to the US Senate in 2010. We wondered how Kirk was going to explain this apparent flip on his Cap [...]
GOP candidate and attorney Dan Sugrue of Green Oaks handily won the endorsement of the Vernon Township GOP organization last night.
Rep. Bill Brady, Bloomington, and GOP candidate for governor, is out with a new, and upbeat, ad. Watch: [...]
Americans for Prosperity -Illinois added two more congressional candidates to their growing list of Climate Tax opposers Wednesday -- 8th CD GOP candidate Joe Walsh and 2nd CD candidate Isaac Hayes.
Other Illinois candidates who've signed include: U.S. Representative and Senate candidate Mark Kirk; U.S. Senate candidates Patrick Hughes and Eric Wallace;' [...]
BLAGO’S “PAY TO PLAY” CRONY OCHOA "MUST GO" SAYS KELLY
GOP Candidate Lobbies Steele on RNC ‘12 Convention in Chicago
William J. Kelly, Republican candidate for Illinois Comptroller has issued this statement calling for the resignation of McPier CEO Juan Ochoa:
After the [...]
As part of our ongoing series of questions and answers with 2010 GOP gubernatorial candidates, we asked DuPage County Chairman Bob Schillerstrom what cuts he would make to shrink state government, and he answered...
More questions with other GOP candidates for governor on Illinois Review HERE and HERE.
During a recent interview, Public Affairs Jeff Berkowitz asked 10th CD Republican Bob Dold what he would have done had he been in Congress during the bailout vote ...
Jeff Berkowitz: …if you had been there [in Congress]… in the Fall of 2008 when President Bush, Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed [...]
Having Green Party activist Rob Sherman dub Republican primary candidate Anita Forte-Scott "the worst candidate ever" wasn't what was on the 56th State Rep district candidate's mind today when she talked to Illinois Review. The Schaumburg resident's emphasis was to squelch any rumors that she was interested in running for the' [...]
This morning, Gov. Pat Quinn's reelection bid got the support of Local 881 of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Incidentally, Quinn himself was a UFCW member in his younger days. The campaign released the following video shot at the event:
US Senator Jim DeMint reports via his Senate Conservatives Fund newsletter yesterday about last week's visit in DC with Illinois GOP candidate Patrick Hughes and reports Hughes' overwhelming win in a SCF poll. From the newsletter:
Patrick Hughes traveled to Washington this week to meet with Sen. Jim DeMint and [...]
