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• IL GOP select few meet to discuss McKenna poll

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  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 [...]

  Posted: December 18, 2009, 9:34am EST
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• Two Democratic governor candidates drop out

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 4:05 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes will apparently go directly head-to-head in the Democratic primary race for governor after the State Board of Elections today reported that attorney Ed Scanlan has been...

  
  

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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 4:07pm EST
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• Top Republicans meet to discuss McKenna-GOP poll

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 7:50 a.m. Two top allies of former state GOP chairman Andy McKenna sat down with current Republican chairman Pat Brady at a suburban hotel, but achieved no resolution to the issue of whether the use...

  
  

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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 7:52am EST
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• Republicans question McKenna's actions as GOP chairman

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  Posted by Rick Pearson and Ray Long at 9:50 p.m. State Republican officials are looking into the use of about $28,000 in GOP funds to conduct an April poll of potential candidates that included then-party chairman Andy McKenna, who is...

  
  

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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 9:51pm EST
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• Kirk and Hughes debate GOP credentials in Senate primary

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 8:15 p.m. U.S. Senate contender Patrick Hughes said today his conservative candidacy represents "a battle for the soul of the Republican Party," but front-running U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk said the Feb. 2 GOP primary contest...

  
  

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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:18pm EST
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• 46% undecided in US Senate race, 41% for Mark Kirk

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  For specifics, check Rick Pearson's evaluation of the WGN/Tribune poll HERE.

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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:24am EST
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• Major union snubs Quinn, Hynes in Democratic governor's race

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 7:20 p.m. The state’s largest public employees’ union issued a string of endorsements today for the Feb. 2 primary, but absent among them was a recommendation in the Democratic governor's contest. The lack of an...

  
  

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  Posted: December 12, 2009, 7:34pm EST
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• Abortion rights group backs Quinn, Giannoulias, Preckwinkle

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 12:30 p.m. The political arm of Planned Parenthood issued its endorsements today for the Feb. 2 Democratic primary, backing Alexi Giannoulias for U.S. Senate, Gov. Pat Quinn for election to a full term and Chicago...

  
  

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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 12:30pm EST
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• Illinois AFL-CIO makes no endorsement in Democratic governor race

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  Posted by Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia at 1:45 p.m.; last updated at 4:30 p.m. with other endorsements In a sea of endorsements from organized labor, one of the most sought after by Democrats is that of the state AFL-CIO,...

  
  

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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:47pm EST
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• Rauschenberger backs Proft in Republican governor contest

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 1:35 p.m. Former state Sen. Steve Rauschenberger, a conservative Elgin Republican who twice failed in primary bids for statewide office, today endorsed his former campaign manager, political pundit and operative Dan Proft, for the GOP...

  
  

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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:34pm EST
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• GOP governor candidates talk tough on budget at Tribune editorial board

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  Posted by Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia at 7:13 p.m. The seven men seeking the Republican nomination for governor delivered some tough talk today on how to deal with the state’s fiscal mess, with Jim Ryan calling for local governments...

  
  

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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:14pm EST
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• Senate candidates agree on elections for vacancies, making jobs a priority

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 4 a.m. Despite the rarity of an open-seat U.S. Senate contest fanning partisan and intraparty battling, the Democratic and Republican contenders for the job agree on some of the important issues in the Feb. 2...

  
  

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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 4:00am EST
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• Giannoulias, Quinn pick up campaign endorsements

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 7:10 p.m.; updated Saturday at 2:40 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn got the backing today of an Illinois environmental group as he runs for the Democratic governor nomination. The Sierra Club formally endorsed Quinn at a...

  
  

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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 7:12pm EST
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• Gov. Pat Quinn history a little fuzzy on borrowing money

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 8 a.m. When Gov. Pat Quinn accused Comptroller Dan Hynes of playing politics on a plan to use short-term borrowing to pay a backlog of state bills, the governor said that when he was state...

  
  

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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:00am EST
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• Democrat drops out of Illinois treasurer's race

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 7:10 p.m. Mark Doyle, a longtime veteran of the Illinois political scene, gave up his bid today to stay on the Feb. 2 Democratic ballot for state treasurer after concluding too little time remained to...

  
  

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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:10pm EST
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• Giannoulias, Hoffman air TV ads in Democratic U.S. Senate race

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 7:05 p.m. First-term state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias launched his TV ad campaign in his bid for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination today with a spot highlighting his involvement in keeping suit manufacturer jobs in the...

  
  

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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:03pm EST
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• Republican governor candidate gets the attribution right this time in new TV ad

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 12:50 p.m.; updated at 6:40 p.m. Republican governor candidate Andy McKenna is once again going after Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn in a TV ad, but this time his campaign didn't bungle its attribution of a...

  
  

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  Posted: December 02, 2009, 12:49pm EST
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• Hynes accuses Quinn of playing politics on job creation

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  Posted by Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia at 1:05 p.m.; updated at 4:45 p.m. with Quinn response Democratic governor candidate Dan Hynes unveiled his plans to spur job creation today and criticized Gov. Pat Quinn for trying to trade his...

  
  

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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 1:08pm EST
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• Jackson gets support from black ministers for Senate

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 8:08 p.m. Former Chicago Urban League head Cheryle Jackson received the backing today of more than a dozen members of the city’s African-American clergy in her bid for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate....

  
  

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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:09pm EST
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• Kirk gets Schock’s endorsement for US Senate bid

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 9:23 p.m. Five-term North Shore Congressman Mark Kirk claimed a major downstate endorsement today for his Feb. 2 bid for the GOP’s U.S. Senate nomination by gaining the backing of first-term Republican congressional colleague Rep....

  
  

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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:24pm EST
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• Quinn says he's a 'truth slinger'

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  UPDATED at 8:55 p.m. with Hynes response; originally posted by Rick Pearson at 6:08 p.m. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn criticized his challengers in both political parties today for throwing mud at him and said he “wants to be a truth...

  
  

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:10pm EST
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• Kirk turns down a notch on prison-terrorist comments

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 12:55 p.m. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk turned down the rhetoric today on Democratic-backed plans to use the largely vacant Thomson Correctional Center to house suspected terrorist detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying he...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:58pm EST
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• McKenna's misleading campaign ad on Quinn

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  UPDATED AT 2:20 p.m.; originally posted by Rick Pearson at 10:30 a.m. Republican governor candidate Andy McKenna has launched a new television ad that accuses Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn of hiding the truth and lists the Chicago Tribune as attribution,...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:36am EST
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• Democratic governor debate: Gov. Pat Quinn says 'missions accomplished' as Hynes rips 'flip flops'

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  Posted by Rick Pearson and David Heinzmann at 10:10 a.m.; updated at 12:19 p.m. Gov. Pat Quinn declared his days are filled with “missions accomplished” on issues such as ethics reform and job creation at a debate today, but rival...

  
  

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:11am EST
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• Quinn and Hynes hit hard at Rockford forum

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 7:58 p.m. ROCKFORD—Gov. Pat Quinn accused Comptroller Dan Hynes of crying "crocodile tears" over billions of dollars in unpaid state bills, while Hynes called Quinn the "lead cheerleader" for Rod Blagojevich during a combative debate...

  
  

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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:01pm EST
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• Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk no Gitmo transfer to western Illinois prison

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 12:25 p.m. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk is circulating a letter among the state’s congressional delegation and state officials urging the White House not to transfer suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to the little-used...

  
  

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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:28pm EST
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• Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk blasts Democratic health bill in national radio address

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  Posted by Rick Pearson at 5 a.m. Five-term Rep. Mark Kirk of Highland Park delivered the national weekly Republican address today, blasting the Democratic-led House passage of a health-care reform package that he said does little to rein in costs...

  
  

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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 5:00am EST
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