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Axelrod: 'I Thought Lisa [Madigan] Would Give Us The Best Shot' Of Keeping Obama's Senate Seat

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The White House and Illinois Democrats said Tuesday that their bid to hold on to President Barack Obama's old Senate seat won't be eas...

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Giannoulias Says He Made $1M Off Family Bank Dividend Sale

Crain's Chicago Business | Steve Daniels | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois Treasurer and U.S. Senate hopeful Alexi Giannoulias said Tuesday that a "minimal" amount of the $70 million he and his siblings received in 2...

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Schakowsky Endorses Giannoulias For Senate

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.16.2009 | Chicago

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Democratic frontrunner Alexi Giannoulias trotted out another endorsement in his bid for President Obama's former U.S. Senate seat. U.S. Rep. Jan Scha...

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Jacob Meister, Long Shot Dem Senate Candidate, Rips Higher Profile Rivals

Lee Newspapers | MIKE RIOPELL | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

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Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Jacob Meister criticized his opponents Thursday for being political insiders....

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Illinois Democrats Line Up Behind Health Care Bill

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

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There was no shortage of drama at the nation's Capitol Saturday as House Democrats narrowly passed their final version of the health care reform bill ...

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Gutierrez Endorsing Giannoulias For Obama's Old Senate Seat

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago

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Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is set to receive the endorsement today of Illinois' highest-ranking Hispanic elected official, U.S. Rep. L...

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Kirk Slammed From Right And Left For Courting Sarah Palin

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

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When word broke that self-described moderate Republican Mark Kirk was angling for kind words from Sarah Palin for his U.S. Senate bid, the response fr...

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Mark Kirk: I Expect To Face Giannoulias For Obama's Old Senate Seat

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

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North Shore Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk said today that he expects he and first-term Democratic state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias will face off a y...

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Giannoulias Pulls Ahead Of Kirk In New Poll From Campaign

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

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Democrat Alexi Giannoulias has pulled slightly ahead of Republican Mark Kirk in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup in the race for Illinois' soon-to-...

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Alexi Giannoulias Rips David Hoffman For Fundraiser With Federal Prosecutors

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago

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The mud has started to fly in the race for Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat. Just hours after Democratic candidate David Hoffman challenged riv...

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Hoffman Challenges Senate Candidates To Five Debates, Full Financial Disclosure

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate David Hoffman is challenging his primary rivals to match the standard of transparency Barack Obama set during his cam...

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Race For Obama's Former Senate Seat A Dead Heat In Recent Poll

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago

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Democrat Alexi Giannoulias has closed a narrow gap with Republican Mark Kirk in a hypothetical showdown between the current frontrunners for President...

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Democratic Senate Candidates Blast Kirk Over Health Care Comment

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

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Three Democratic U.S. Senate candidates jumped all over Republican rival Mark Kirk Tuesday after the North Shore congressmen said voting for the Obama...

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Hoffman Releases Tax Returns, Dares Giannoulias To Follow

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.16.2009 | Chicago

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate David Hoffman released his last five end-of-year federal income tax returns Thursday and pointedly called on frontrun...

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Axelrod Meets With Illinois Senate Candidate Alexi Giannoulias

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

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Contributing Reporting By Tim Taliaferro President Obama's senior adviser met on Wednesday with one of the three Democratic candidates running for Il...

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Most Democrats Undecided In Illinois Senate Primary: Hoffman Poll

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

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Most Illinois Democrats have yet to make up their mind whom they intend to vote for in the 2010 U.S. Senate primary, a new poll finds. The survey of ...

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Cheryle Jackson Behind Rival Democrats In Senate Money Hunt

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago

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Democrat Cheryle Robinson Jackson raised $355,000 in the latest fund-raising period toward her run for President Obama's former Senate seat, her campa...

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Mark Kirk Campaign Poll Has Him Ahead of Giannoulias In Senate Race

The Hill | Aaron Blake | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

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Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) holds a seven-point lead over Alexi Giannoulias (D) and a wide lead over GOP primary opponents in his Senate campaign, accordi...

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New State GOP Chair Pat Brady Blasts Giannoulias In First Speech

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

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In his inaugural speech as Illinois Republican Party chairman last week, Patrick Brady took shots at Democratic U.S. Senate front-runner Alexi Giannou...

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Giannoulias Trails Kirk In Latest Fundraising But Leads Overall Senate Money Race

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago

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State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias reported Tuesday his campaign raised $1.1 million in the third quarter of 2009 and has $2.4 million on hand in the r...

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David Hoffman Reports Raising $900,000 For Senate Run

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

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Democratic Senate candidate David Hoffman reported Monday that he has raised $905,137 in the month since announcing his candidacy for the seat current...

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Mark Kirk Reports Big Money Haul In Senate Race

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago

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Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk said Monday he has raised $1.6 million in the past three months and has $2.3 million in his campaign coffers in ...

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Giannoulias Gets Big SEIU Endorsement, Shot From Rival Hoffman

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.24.2009 | Chicago

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias earned the endorsement of one of the state's largest unions Thursday, and a shot from a rival in re...

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Cheryle Jackson Lands National Endorsement After Making Senate Bid Official (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.17.2009 | Chicago

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Cheryle Robinson Jackson earned the endorsement of a powerful women's political group Thursday, just one day after officially launching her campaign f...

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Democrats Endorse Quinn For Governor, Giannoulias For Senate

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago

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Gov. Quinn won the endorsement Friday of the Cook County Democratic Party. Challenger Dan Hynes -- who almost succeeded in getting the party not to e...

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