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

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI and CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 11.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Health Care, Pat Quinn, Dan Hynes, Jim Ryan, Kirk Dillard, Health Care Reform, Public Option, Public Option Opt Out, Illinois Health Care, Bill Brady, Illinois Public Option, Chicago News

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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GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Tee Off On Former Colleague Obama

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Governor 2010, Kirk Dillard, Illinois Governor Debate, Illinois Governor Race, Bill Brady, Andy McKenna, Jim Ryan, Barack Obama, Chicago News

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

David Ormsby | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 2010 Illinois Republican Governor Primary, Illinois Politics, Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn, Adam Andrzejewski, Chicago, Bob Schillerstrom, Kirk Dillard, Dan Proft, Bill Brady, Andy McKenna, Paul Wood, Jim Ryan, Chicago News
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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Big Field Of Republicans Look To Turn Around Party's Fortunes

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois GOP, Illinois Politics, Dan Proft, GOP Candidates, Mark Kirk, Gop, Jim Ryan, Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard, Judy Baar Topinka, Illinois Republican Party, Chicago News

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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Gubernatorial Gambit

Shawn Healy | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jim Ryan, Union League Club, Pat Quinn, Dan Hynes, Adam Andrzejewski, Bob Schillerstrom, Kirk Dillard, Dan Proft, Bill Brady, Andy McKenna, Chris Robling, Chicago News
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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GOP Candidates Targeting Black Voters In Illinois Gubernatorial Primary

Chicago Sun-Times | LAURA WASHINGTON | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Governor Race, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Republican Primary, Illinois Governor, Dan Proft, Bill Brady, Illinois Governor 2010, Illinois GOP, 2010 Elections, Proft, Brady, Chicago News

Two unusual suspects have stepped off the treadmill and caught my eye. Republican candidates Dan Proft and state Sen. Bill Brady are Going Where No Re...

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Catholics Dominate Illinois Governor's Race

Chicago Catholic News | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Religion, Dan Proft, Bob Schillerstrom, Adam Andrzejewski, Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor 2010, Illinois Governor Race, Bill Brady, Ed Scanlan, Catholocism, Andy McKenna, Chicago News

Those running for Illinois governor have their share of differences, but religion is not really one of them....

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GOP Can't Find 'Strong Pro-Business Candidate For Governor': Crain's

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 09.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Robert Schillerstrom, Dan Proft, Matt Murphy, Ty Fahner, Adam Andrzejewski, Illinois Governor 2010, Kirk Dillard, Illinois Republican Party, Illinois Governor Race, Bill Brady, Republican Party, Chicago News

A yearlong effort by big Illinois GOP donors to find and back a strong pro-business candidate for governor has failed, with no consensus in sight for ...

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Dan Hynes Planning Run For Governor

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes plans to run for governor, a Democrat close to the Hynes campaign told The Associated Press on Friday, ...

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Dan Hynes Stockpiles $3.5M Toward Possible Run For Governor

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 08.20.2009 | Chicago

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Comptroller Daniel Hynes reported Monday that he has built up a campaign bankroll of $3.5 million as he considers challengin...

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Kirk Dillard Announces Campaign For Governor, 'Glad' Madigan Out Of The Race

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 08.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Matt Murphy, Dan Proft, Adam Andrzejewski, Bob Schillerstrom, Illinois Governor 2010, Kirk Dillard, Kirk Dillard Governor, Illinois Governor Race, Bill Brady, Lisa Madigan, Chicago News

HINSDALE, Ill. (AP) -- Republican Kirk Dillard launched his campaign for Illinois governor on Wednesday just as a leading potential Democratic contend...

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Aaron Schock, '80s Music Headline Chicago Young Republicans Party

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 08.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Aaron Schock, Chicago Young Republicans, Matt Murphy, Barack Obama, Kirk Dillard, Guy Benson, Adam Andrzejewski, Mary Katharine Ham, Bill Brady, Mary Ann Parrille, Jack Ryan, Dan Proft, Mark Kirk, Jeremy Rose, Tony Peraica, Climate Bill, Chicago News

You are not alone. That was the message for the estimated 700 Chicago Republicans who packed into the Cubby Bear in Wrigleyville Monday night for an ...

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Bob Schillerstrom Enters Race For Governor (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 07.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Robert Schillerstrom, Matt Murphy, 2010 Illinois Governor Race, Bob Schillerstrom, Kirk Dillard, Illinois Governor Race, Bill Brady, Schillerstrom Governor, Joe Birkett, Chicago News

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) -- DuPage County Board chairman Bob Schillerstrom has announced he is running for the Republican Party's nomination for Illinois...

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Kirk Dillard, Republican State Senator, Weighing Run For Governor (WATCH HIS OBAMA AD)

AP | DEANNA BELLANDI | Posted 07.12.2009 | Chicago

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UPDATE 5:50 P.M. Dillard left little doubt about his intentions in an interview with Fox Chicago, saying that "it's safe to say I'm running for gover...

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Doug Whitley Drops Bid For Illinois Governor, Dan Proft Jumps In

Huffington Post | Posted 05.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor, Dan Proft, Illinois Governor 2010, Doug Whitley, Madigan Governor, Bill Brady, Lisa Madigan, Video, Chicago News

Doug Whitley, the CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, is abandoning his campaign for governor. In a statement posted on his campaign web site, W...

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Brady Kicks Off Governor's Race With Bush Echo, Read My Lips No Tax Pledge

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 04.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Bill Brady Governor, 2010 Illinois Governor Race, Bill Brady, Bill Brady Taxes, Illinois Governors Race, Bill Brady Read My Lips, Chicago News

With a deep bow to the GOP's conservative roots, state Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, on Monday declared his candidacy for governor, the first of wha...

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Illinois Politicians Call On Blagojevich To Resign

The Huffington Post | Seth Maxon | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dan Manzullo, Pat Quinn, Jesse Jackson Jr., Dick Durbin, Blagojevich Arrested, Alexi Giannoulias, Blagojevich Indictment, Bill Brady, Obama Senate Seat, John Fritchey, Dan Hynes, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Emil Jones, Jan Schakowsky, Michael Madigan, John Cullerton, Lisa Madigan, Tom Cross, Jim Edgar, Blagojevich Corruption, Jackson Blagojevich, Jesse Jackson Jr Blagojevich, Illinois House of Representatives, Chicago News

Illinois politicians moved quickly to repudiate Governor Rod Blagojevich after his arrest early Tuesday on federal corruption charges. Lt. Gov. Pat Q...

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Bill Brady Running For Governor In 2010

AP | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Bill Brady Governor, 2010 Illinois Governor Race, Rod Blagojevich, Illinois Republican Party, 2010 Illinois Governor, Jim Oberweis, Bill Brady, Judy Baar Topinka, Chicago News

The Illinois legislative races ended just this week, but it's not too soon for politicians to get in place for the 2010 gubernatorial contest. Bloomi...

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