Illinois House Primary Worries Democrats
But painting Kirk as a doctrinaire conservative Republican isn’t so easy. Like his predecessor and former boss, ex-Rep.
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Democrats Find Second Iraq Vet to Take on Roskam
Her office said she has worked for the state for almost two years and commutes daily to the state capital of Springfield from her home outside Chicago.
Super Fans, Super Quiet
With all the would-be Republican presidential nominees in gleeful Hillary-bashing mode, it seems that no true-red GOP stalwart would miss any chance to insult the New York Democrat and presidential frontrunner
A-Gore-ing Fans
James Inhofe (the Oklahoma Republican once called the phenomenon a “hoax”) managed to get in a dig while sort of complimenting the Nobel Prize winner.
In Weller’s Shadow
Although she would not have to give up her state Senate seat to run for Congress in 2008, Halverson may be weighing whether to remain in Springfield, where she is expected to be in line for the powerful
Out for Summer
Collins has cast an all-time record-breaking 3,525 consecutive votes; she passed former Maine Republican Sen. Margaret Chase Smith’s previous record of 2,941 in 2005.
LaHood to Retire After Seven Terms
Lahood, who won re-election with 67 percent of the vote last year, planned to announce his retirement at news conferences in Peoria, Springfield and Jacksonville.
Rescue Me, Part 1
Peter DeFazio’s (D-Ore.) faux outraged complaint about Springfield, Vt., not Springfield, Ore., winning the contest is just a bad case of sour Oregon cherries, Rep. Peter Welch claims.
Democrats Dream of LaHood Departure
Ray LaHood (R) will soon resign to become president of Bradley University — setting up another special and possibly putting a currently safe Republican seat in play.
Longtime Grassley Aide Dies at Age 87
Besides her extensive Congressional career, Burger also assumed a number of leadership roles, including a term as vice chairwoman of the Jefferson County Republican Central Committee in 1962 and
Bush, Like Clinton, Presiding Over the Decline of His Party
By 1975 — the year after what would have been his second midterm election, had he not resigned — the number of Republican governors had plummeted to 13.