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Voters this month will decide the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. It's a race between two suburban businessmen, Doug Truax and Jim Oberweis.The…
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At the top of the ticket this year in Illinois is a race for the U-S Senate. Republican Doug Truax is running against a state Senator, Jim Oberweis in the…
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The U.S. Senate passed the farm bill Tuesday by a vote of 68-32, sending it to the president’s desk and ending years of political wrangling.Illinois…
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Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin's office says the Senate Judiciary Committee plans to vote next Thursday on President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next…
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An echo from the 1964 Republican National Convention has reached Illinois. The state’s Republican right controls the party podium; voters face a clear…
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A crowd of contenders for the U.S. Senate is rising from the smoking ruins of the Illinois Republican Party. And almost all are running to the right as…
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To grasp the lay of the land in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary, it’s helpful to see how political support is lining up in Chicago’s gay and lesbian…
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The way U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald tells the story of his legacy, he’s leaving at the top of his game.He installed three independent U.S. attorneys in…
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By all appearances, Paul Douglas seems an odd choice to have represented moderate-to-conservative Illinois in the U.S. Senate during the post-World War II…
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Republican leaders couldn’t lure Jim Edgar, the popular former governor, into a run for the U.S. Senate. Their clumsy efforts to muscle Lt. Gov. Corinne…