Mark Kirk

NARAL: Mark Kirk No Longer Pro-Choice After Stupak Vote

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 11.10.2009 | Chicago


A leading abortion rights group delivered a rebuke to Republican U.S. Senate contender Mark Kirk today for supporting an amendment to the House-passed...

Illinois Democrats Line Up Behind Health Care Bill

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.09.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

How Sarah Palin and Tea Partiers Are Blowing Up the GOP

Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


Susan J. Demas

When extremists are a (vocal) minority, reasonable Republicans and independents come out of the woodwork. And the spoils go to the Democrats, who look comparatively sane.

Kirk Slammed From Right And Left For Courting Sarah Palin

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago


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...

Sam Stein

Kirk Seeks Palin Endorsement One Year After Trashing Her

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk of Illinois is reportedly trying to get Sarah Plain to endorse his candidacy, which is not surprising considerin...

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

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago


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...

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....

Giannoulias Pulls Ahead Of Kirk In New Poll From Campaign

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.03.2009 | Chicago


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-...

Patrick Hughes Bests Kirk In Conservative PAC Straw Poll

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.30.2009 | Chicago


Republican U.S. Senate candidate Patrick Hughes came out the favored candidate in a straw poll conducted among members of a conservative PAC Thursday....

Hoffman Challenges Senate Candidates To Five Debates, Full Financial Disclosure

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.27.2009 | Chicago


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

GOP Senate Candidate Caught Overplaying Mike Ditka's Endorsement

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.22.2009 | Chicago


In a single day, a longshot Republican Senate candidate got caught trumpeting an endorsement he didn't have, then landing the endorsement after all. ...

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

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago


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

Democratic Senate Candidates Blast Kirk Over Health Care Comment

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago


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

Cheryle Jackson Behind Rival Democrats In Senate Money Hunt

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.13.2009 | Chicago


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...

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

The Hill | Aaron Blake | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago


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...

Sam Stein

GOP Senate Candidate Polls Readers On Iran Sanctions

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


In a curious move that could provide fodder for critics, Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill) is polling members of his email list about their preferred position on...

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

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.06.2009 | Chicago


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...

David Hoffman Reports Raising $900,000 For Senate Run

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago


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

Mark Kirk Reports Big Money Haul In Senate Race

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.05.2009 | Chicago


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 ...

Ditka Endorses Hughes Over Kirk In Senate Race

Huffington Post | Posted 10.01.2009 | Chicago


Da Coach isn't backing the favorite. Former Bears coach Mike Ditka, a longtime conservative who stumped with Sara Palin during the 2008 presidential ...

Mark Kirk Slams SEIU Over ACORN, Despite Taking Money From Union

Chicago Tribune | Rick Pearson | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago


U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, a Republican Senate candidate, said Monday the Census Bureau should drop any involvement with the Service Employees International...

Abner Mikva Not Endorsing Seals Or Hamos In Kirk Replacement Race, Despite Claim

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago


It turns out that a big endorsement by former congressman and appellate court justice Abner Mikva for Congress in the north suburban 10th District isn...

Mark Kirk's Support Shaky Among Conservatives: Rival Poll

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 09.23.2009 | Chicago


There are chinks in Mark Kirk's conservative armor, but are there enough to keep the Republican Congressman from winning his party's 2010 Senate nomin...

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

Huffington Post | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago


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

Jason Linkins

Mark Kirk Flip-Flops Mid-Speech After Boos (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics


The Plum Line's Greg Sargent pulls video from a GOP Rally in DuPage County, Illinois, that features GOP Representative and would-be Illinois Senator M...