from the Vernon Township GOP
Lincolnshire, IL Dec 8, 2009: Vernon Township's Monday evening GOP endorsement session surprised local incumbents Congressman Mark Kirk (R-IL 10) and IL State Senator Matt Murphy (R-27), who both failed to garner the nod in their respective state-wide races for US Senate and Lt. Governor. Kirk [...]
Stephen Moore of the WSJ's Political Diary wrote last weekend that word is the Republican National Committee is getting behind GOP primary candidate Elizabeth Coulson in the 10th CD -- hoping to succeed Congressman Mark Kirk. Moore suggested Coulson -- one of the Illinois House GOP caucus' most liberal members -- [...]
The conservative alternative to Mark Kirk. Running for Senate in Illinois. Give Patrick Hughes a good look.Rep. Mark Kirk's decision to abandon his previous position on cap-and-trade might have earned his U.S. Senate campaign a few extra supporters, but it's certainly angering his former allies in the environmental community.
Over the weekend, the Illinois Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) -- both of whom [...]
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;' [...]
Americans for Prosperity of Illinois announced today that they've been successful in getting Congressman Mark Kirk to sign a pledge to "oppose any legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenue, unless it is offset by tax cuts equal to or greater than the revenues generated." [...]
In his Sun-Times column last week, Rich Miller revisited Rep. Mark Kirk's various flip-flops since entering the race for U.S. Senate. He noted that all this maneuvering has resulted in something that would have seemed unthinkable a few months ago: In recent weeks, the Chicago media has turned against [...]
NORTHBROOK, Ill. - U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk today released the following statement following news that the defense official charged with moving the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Thomson, Illinois – Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Policy Phillip Carter – unexpectedly resigned on Friday.
“Last Thursday, members [...]
Republicans may be getting a chance to see how a U.S. Senator Mark Kirk would respond when taking on a tough fight in the US. Yesterday, at a press conference on how many jobs Obama's health care would cost Illinois, Kirk was asked about his position on the Thomson Correctional' [...]
On Monday, U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam and Mark Kirk, along with Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman will discuss a new study commissioned by the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) detailing the economic costs of Speaker Pelosi’s 1,990-page, $1.055 trillion, health care bill.
The IPI findings, including:
The bill will cost more [...]Apparently, housing terrorists in Illinois will lead to the Sears Tower being targeted, seriously…
“If your Administration brings Al Qaeda terrorists to Illinois, our state and the Chicago Metropolitan Area will become ground zero for Jihadist terrorist plots, recruitment and radicalization…As home to America’s tallest building, we should not invite [...]
A veritable caravan of terrorist sympathizers trooping across the heartland to visit their al-Qaida brethren imprisoned near the small' [...]
A veritable caravan of terrorist sympathizers trooping across the heartland to visit their al-Qaida brethren imprisoned near the small [...]
Looks like there's a group other than the Republican Senate Caucus that's looking at the U.S. Senate race between major GOP candidates Mark Kirk and Patrick Hughes -- the Senate Conservatives, headed up by Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina. In an email, Hughes told supporters [...]
