Jim Ryan

Jim Ryan Supporters Landed Big Government Pensions

Chicago Sun-Times | CHRIS FUSCO | Posted 11.30.2009 | Chicago


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

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

Chicago Sun-Times | DAVE McKINNEY AND ABDON M. PALLASCH | Posted 11.12.2009 | Chicago


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

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

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


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

GOP Gubernatorial Candidates Tee Off On Former Colleague Obama

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


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...

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

David Ormsby | Posted 11.04.2009 | Chicago


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?

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

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago


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....

Gubernatorial Gambit

Shawn Healy | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago


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.

Jim Ryan Running For Governor Again: Spokesman

Daily Herald | Joseph Ryan | Posted 10.26.2009 | Chicago


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

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

Chicago Sun-Times | ABDON M. PALLASCH | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago


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...

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

Chicago Tribune | John Chase | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago


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