UPDATE 1x: Illinois Republican State Party Chairman Pat Brady told Illinois Review that Rasmussen has polling on the Illinois gubernatorial race including Jim Ryan that will be released next week. Stay tuned.
A Rasmussen poll Friday pits the two Democratic Illinois gubernatorial candidates against McKenna, Dillard and Brady, and finds [...]
Here's the latest from the Democratic gubernatorial primary ...
New Poll Shows Quinn And Hynes Even Against GOP
A Rasmussen survey released today suggests that both Gov. Pat Quinn and Democratic challenger Dan Hynes would fare about the same against three of the possible GOP gubernatorial nominees: Andy McKenna, Bill' [...]
In case you're looking for a followup to the McKenna poll controversy, there's no news, the Chicago Tribune's Rick Pearson tells Republicans statewide. There was a meeting among a few Thursday, we're told, and they're deciding whether "there's anything there" so the rest of us don't have to worry [...]
from the McKenna/Murphy campaign
CHAMPAIGN - State Senator Dale Righter and State Representative Chapin Rose endorsed State Senator Matt Murphy today for Lieutenant Governor.
“Working alongside Matt, I have seen that he is determined to reform Illinois’ financial woes without raising taxes. Most importantly, Illinois needs [...]
Even though Illinois Review asked the State Party to confirm Michael Sneed's report that the State Central Committee was opening an ethics probe about a poll conducted last April that included McKenna's name, we couldn't get an answer from Executive Director Curt Conrad. And the McKenna' [...]
from the Schillerstrom for Governor campaign
NAPERVILLE – Republican Bob Schillerstrom on Tuesday responded to the Illinois Republican Party launching an Ethics investigation into its former Chairman, Andy McKenna:
“I appreciate the decision of the Illinois Republican Party to investigate the conduct of its former Chairman, Andy McKenna. [...]
from the Brady for Governor campaign
Senator Bill Brady, Republican candidate for Governor, released the following statement today:
It’s become abundantly clear in recent days that during his time as Illinois Republican Party Chairman, my opponent Andy McKenna, may have violated the conflict-of-interest ethics rules he himself put [...]
The Sun-Times Michael Sneed reports this morning that the IL GOP State Central Committee, now chaired by Pat Brady, has initiated an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the ILGOP's poll taken last April, while Andy McKenna was the party chairman, and before he decided to step' [...]
Press release from the Andrew McKenna campaign
“Neither Governor Quinn nor President Obama has sufficiently articulated a reason as to why moving GITMO detainees, who are the center of the Al Qaeda network, is a good idea and, unfortunately, rather than tending to the state’s real problems, including a budget [...]
With seven weeks until the GOP 2010 primary, a Chicago Tribune puts former Attorney General Jim Ryan in a commanding lead over the other six Republican gubernatorial candidates. Among 600 likely GOP voters during the week of December 2 through 8,
26% said they'd vote for Jim Ryan, 12% for Andy McKenna, 10%' [...]The Daily Herald reports
Cutting Illinois' minimum wage is increasingly becoming a key proposal by Republican candidates for governor as they push ideas to help the state's economy....Andy Mckenna, a Chicago business owner and former head of the Illinois Republican Party...told WBBM's At Issue [...]from the McKenna/Murphy campaign
CHICAGO - Andy McKenna, Republican gubernatorial candidate and Lt Governor candidate Matt Murphy received an endorsement from the Cuba Township Republican Organization.
Andy McKenna remarked, "To receive the endorsement of the Cuba Township Republican Organization is an honor. With the support of Tom Gooch" [...]
[Article syndicated from TomRoeser.com. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of IR.]
McKenna Pere Sucks Up All the Money for His Kid.
This from a veteran GOP ex-campaign manager I respect: No one...and I mean no one...worries about Andy McKenna, Jr. as a [...]
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Handing The GOP A Problem
GOP gubernatorial candidate Andy McKenna
wants to cut the state's minimum wage. NBC's Steve Rhodes responds that
this blue state likely won't take kindly to such a proposal.
Overcoming Stigma
Tim
Klein at' [...]
The question that dominates the Illinois gubernatorial race this cycle is a huge one: What will each candidate do to fix the state's budget deficit? Because the shortfall is so large, righting the ship will require
comprehensive changes both in the way the state generates and spends
revenue. We've already seen
The Daily Herald reports
Cutting Illinois' minimum wage is increasingly becoming a key proposal by Republican candidates for governor as they push ideas to help the state's economy....Andy Mckenna, a Chicago business owner and former head of the Illinois Republican Party...told WBBM's At Issue program on 780 AM Friday that' [...]
