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Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard Will Find Out More Today As Final Votes Are Counted

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republican primary race for governor will take another step toward conclusion Tuesday, as local election authorities submit their final counts to ...

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Kirk Dillard Closes Bill Brady's Lead, Won't Concede Today

Posted 05.25.2011

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With all counties required to post their final vote tallies today, Kirk Dillard is making up ground--if slowly--and insists that he won't concede defe...

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Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard Still Close; Brady's Lead Holding, Dillard Could Push For Recount

Posted 05.25.2011

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Absentee ballots are trickling in by the dozens in the Republican primary for governor, and Bill Brady still clings to a 400-vote margin over opponent...

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Illinois Primary Postmortem

Shawn Healy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shawn Healy

A recount in the Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary could take weeks or even months, shattering party unity and undermining their best shot at the Governor's Mansion in more than a decade.

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Cook County Voter Turnout Was Extremely Low

Posted 05.25.2011

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Election officials called Tuesday's poor voter turnout in Chicago "very, very unfortunate" as more than 70 percent of registered voters did not bother...

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Illinois Election Results 2010: Primary Results Still Coming In

Posted 05.25.2011

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Nearly all the votes are in from Illinois's Tuesday primaries, and the results remained murky Wednesday morning. On the Senate side, things are actu...

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Illinois Primary 2010: Pat Quinn, Other Candidates Cast Their Ballots (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Candidates gave themselves all the help they could on Tuesday, casting their ballots and sending out final messages to voters as the Illinois primarie...

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Pat Quinn, Bill Brady Take To The Air Before Governor's Primaries

Posted 05.25.2011

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With just a day before their respective primary elections for Illinois governor, Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn and GOP candidate Bill Brady were amon...

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Illinois Primary Election 2010: Voting Begins In Governor, US Senate, Local Races

Posted 05.25.2011

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Voting is underway in the 2010 Illinois primaries, as locals battle the snow and head to their polling places to decide some closely-watched county, s...

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Obama Comments On Attack Ads In Illinois GOP Governor's Race

Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama addressed a House Republican retreat in a question-and-answer session on Friday. Health care, partisanship and the national debt were ...

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Poll: McKenna Leads, GOP Governor's Race Still Tight

Posted 05.25.2011

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A new Rasmussen survey, released Wednesday, gives Andy McKenna a slight edge in the Republican primary for governor, though the race is still very muc...

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Andy McKenna Chastised By State GOP For 'Ethical Missteps'

Register | Posted 05.25.2011

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An internal state Republican Party ethics inquiry found that Andy McKenna -- former state Republican chairman and now a candidate for governor -- "com...

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Poll: Dan Hynes Leads Quinn, Kirk Dillard Ahead In Tight Governor's Races

Posted 05.25.2011

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The primaries for governor in both major parties are now officially wide open. Public Policy Polling released a survey Tuesday morning giving Dan H...

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Andy McKenna Surges In GOP Governor's Race, Poll Shows Three-Way Tie

Posted 05.25.2011

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Polling released Saturday by the Chicago Tribune shows Andy McKenna with a slight lead in the GOP primary race for governor of Illinois. McKenna poll...

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Governor Candidate Ryan Says Sorry For Wrongfully Putting Two Men On Death Row

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE McKINNEY AND ABDON M. PALLASCH | Posted 05.25.2011

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GOP gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan issued his first outright apology Thursday for wrongfully putting two men on Death Row instead of prosecuting the...

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Gubernatorial Gambit

Shawn Healy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shawn Healy

Although the intra-party battles have stayed under-the-radar to date, they will undoubtedly heat up as the mercury outside dives. Case in point was the Republican candidate forum.

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Is Illinois Republican Governor Candidate Bill Brady a True Fiscal Conservative?

David Ormsby | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Ormsby

When Bill Brady's 2006 campaign expenses exceeded campaign income he borrowed, just like the State of Illinois has done to pay its bills. What's the difference?

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Jim Ryan, Former GOP Attorney General, Eyes Second Run For Governor

Chicago Tribune | John Chase | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two-time Republican Attorney General Jim Ryan, who left politics nearly seven years after losing a bid for governor to Rod Blagojevich, is contemplati...

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GOP Governor Candidates Rip 'Socialized Medicine' While Dems Back Public Option

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Candidates for Illinois governor are split over a national health care plan with all but one Republican saying the state should opt ou...

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Jim Ryan Running For Governor Again: Spokesman

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan is set to officially enter the race for governor. ...

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Jim Ryan Supporters Landed Big Government Pensions

Chicago Sun-Times | CHRIS FUSCO | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republican gubernatorial hopeful Jim Ryan, already dogged by questions about his ties to convicted money-launderer Stuart Levine, could have another L...

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Big Field Of Republicans Look To Turn Around Party's Fortunes

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even as the economy sputters and calls for tax hikes ring across the state, few apparently want to challenge incumbents in their own political party....

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GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Tee Off On Former Colleague Obama

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama's former colleagues in the Illinois state Senate used him as a punching bag Thursday in the first debate among all seven Republicans r...

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Jim Ryan Inches Closer To Run For Governor Despite Stuart Levine Tie

Chicago Sun-Times | ABDON M. PALLASCH | Posted 05.25.2011

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Part of the reason that former Attorney General Jim Ryan's emerging entry into this year's race for governor comes as such a surprise to political obs...

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