By positioning himself as a centrist removed from the scandalous Blagojevich years, Mark Kirk has a betting chance to wrestle away a Senate seat in a purple state that has trended blue.
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Joel, John Rechlitz Rescue Boy From Burning SUV (VIDEO)
July 21st, 2009 |
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By GRETCHEN EHLKE and CARRIE ANTLFINGER, Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — Two brothers who are Milwaukee firefighters were off-duty when their wives called them to the scene of a burning SUV that had a woman and her two young children trapped i…
Mark Kirk Enters Senate Race, Looks To ‘Restore Ethics And Integrity To Illinois’
July 20th, 2009 |
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CHICAGO — Republican Congressman Mark Kirk is running for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama.
Kirk says Illinois has become a laughingstock since Democrat Roland Burris was appointed to the Senate seat by former Il…
Retired Judge Don Lowery Challenging Kirk For GOP Senate Nomination
July 18th, 2009 |
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MARION, Ill. (AP) — A retired southern Illinois judge says he wants to be a U.S. senator.
Sixty-two-year-old Don Lowery of Dixon Springs in Pope County says he’ll be running as a Republican for the Senate seat now held by Roland Burris.
He …
Mark Kirk To Run For Senate, Obama’s Old Seat
July 15th, 2009 |
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CHICAGO — An Illinois Republican political consultant says Rep. Mark Kirk will announce Monday that he is running for the Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama.
The consultant says he spoke with Kirk on Wednesday. National GOP s…
Huff Radio: Democrats in Control in DC
July 11th, 2009 |
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Al Franken in the Senate and the Democrats’ now-60 seat majority, we thought we’d take this opportunity to sort through the differences between Democratic factions as the Obama revolution gets underway.