State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D-Chicago), a candidate for a vacant North Side congressional seat, was the only one of 118 Illinois House members who sk...
Medill Reports | Alex Keefe | Posted 03.09.2009 | Chicago
Two candidates hung on to their spots on the 5th Congressional District primary ballot on Thursday, but one was bumped off when Cook County election o...
Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 03.07.2009 | Chicago
Mayor Richard Daley said today many of the Democratic candidates vying to represent Chicago's North Side in Congress have a lot to learn if they think...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 03.06.2009 | Chicago
Organized labor is splitting its vote in the race to succeed Rahm Emanuel in Congress. AFSCME, the big government workers' union, quietly endorsed st...
CQ Politics | Emma Dumain | Posted 03.05.2009 | Chicago
In what may be a glimpse of the campaigning to come, Feigenholtz -- who is backed by EMILY's List, the influential political action committee that sup...
Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 03.05.2009 | Chicago
CHICAGO--Yes, President Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel did express an interest in running for his congressional seat again someday, a candidate f...
The Huffington Post | Posted 03.02.2009 | Chicago
Fifth District Congressional candidate Charlie Wheelan is taking a novel approach to distinguish himself in the crowded race to succeed Rahm Emanuel i...
David Murray | Posted 03.02.2009 | Chicago
I like the idea of Tom Geoghegan's candidacy because I think Obama's conciliatory, centrist instincts require thoughtful pushes and prods and reminders from principled guys.
Ellen Malcolm | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics
This open-seat race in Illinois's fifth congressional district has attracted a large crowd, but there's only one woman in the top tier, and she's got a 14-year record of passing progressive legislation.
Politico | Josh Kraushaar | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago
Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley, running to succeed Rahm Emanuel in Congress, received a key endorsement from one of the leading reform-minded f...
Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago
State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, was endorsed Monday by the National Organization for Women in her quest for the vacant congressional seat of W...
The Huffington Post | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago
The race to replace Rahm Emanuel in Congress just a bit less crowded. Justin Oberman, the son of former Chicago Ald. Marty Oberman and a former govern...
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 02.20.2009 | Chicago
Twenty-six candidates have registered to run for the congressional seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. The w...
Chicago Sun-Times | Laura Washington | Posted 02.19.2009 | Chicago
The Service Employees International Union is still puffed up over its prowess in the 2007 Chicago aldermanic elections, when the SEIU helped turn over...
Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 02.17.2009 | Chicago
If the first poll of the season is accurate, the solid if early front-runner is [Mike] Quigley, whose battles with county President Todd Stroger over ...
Progress Illinois | Josh Kalven | Posted 02.15.2009 | Chicago
Tom Geoghegan rolled out an online petition yesterday to "end the era of blank check bailouts." Specifically, it urges Congress to attach three common...
Posted 02.15.2009 | Chicago
State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz received the endorsement of the the influential women's political group EMILY's List Thursday. The group's national fundra...
Chicago Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago
Barack Obama's message of hope and change has been shouted down in Illinois by the horror of a craven governor, by the egotistical opportunism of our ...
Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki | Posted 02.09.2009 | Chicago
A planned special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama's new chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, has hit a sn...
David Sirota | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Tom Geoghegan is, in short, a real inspiration. Not only is he the progressive hero, has he worked throughout his career to take on the most corrupt machines in Chicago politics.
Thomas Frank | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
Voters in Rahm Emanuel's district will have the chance to redeem their state's reputation. They will likely have the chance to elect, out of a crowded race, a true reformer in Thomas Geoghegan.
Tom Geoghegan | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago
For years, conservatives have said: "We can't do this. The money isn't there." Well, the money is there. It was there for the Iraq war and for the bailout.
The Huffington Post | Posted 01.03.2009 | Chicago
Another candidate has entered the crowded race for the Congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama's chief of staff. Justin ...
Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 03.09.2009 | Chicago