Kirk again challenged over military record
When Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk says he repeatedly deployed to Afghanistan with the Navy, he's referring to two-week training missions as part of his annual reservist requirements. More ...
Inside Brady's business deals
May 23, 2010 – On the southwest fringe of Champaign along Interstate Highway 57 stands the Curtis Road interchange, its ornate limestone overpass and decorative red-brick towers surrounded by acres of open farmland. More ...
Obama makes his day
April 29, 2010 – Dogged for weeks by his family bank's implosion, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias on Wednesday finally got something he has sought since winning the Feb. 2 primary -- a warm embrace from the White House. More ...
Giannoulias’ 1st TV spot banks on attack strategy
April 26, 2010 – Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias unveiled his first TV commercial of the general election campaign Monday, seeking to turn the bad news of his family bank's failure into an attack on Republican opponent Mark Kirk. More ...
Giannoulias tries to shake bank issue
April 12, 2010 – Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias tried Monday to shift the focus of the campaign from his family's controversial bank, sidestepping new questions about his role in loans made to crime figures. More ...
$20 million in loans to felons
April 1, 2010 – The family bank of Democratic Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias loaned a pair of Chicago crime figures about $20 million during a 14-month period when Giannoulias was a senior loan officer, according to a Tribune examination that provides new details about the bank's relationship with the convicted felons. More ...
As Senate campaign heats up, Giannoulias family races to avoid collapse of its bank
Feb. 28, 2010 – The clock is ticking, and the real estate deals gone south are piling up, at Broadway Bank, the lending institution owned by the family of U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias. More ...
Reading between the lines of GOP lieutenant governor nominee's resume
Feb. 12, 2010 – During his successful campaign for the Republication nomination, lieutenant governor candidate Jason Plummer touted himself as a new breed politician, armed with a wealth of entrepreneurial experience and free of the business-as-usual baggage of Illinois government. More ...
Democrats prepare to pick new lieutenant governor
Feb. 8, 2010 – Democratic Party leaders began the delicate dance of picking a new running mate for Gov. Pat Quinn on Monday, while emphasizing there was no horse-trading involved to get a scandal-ridden Chicago pawnbroker to abandon the primary nomination for lieutenant governor. More ...
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Scott Lee Cohen files paperwork for independent governor run
June 22, 2010 – Posted by Ray Long and David Heinzmann at 4:20 p.m.; last updated at 3:33 p.m. Tuesday SPRINGFIELD --- Chicago pawnbroker Scott Lee Cohen filed paperwork today to run as an independent candidate for governor. The former Democratic lieutenant governor nominee,... more
Claypool files paperwork to get in Cook County assessor race
June 21, 2010 – Posted by Hal Dardick at 3:43 p.m.; updated at 4:35 p.m. In a show of grass-roots political muscle, Democratic Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool today filed more than three times the signatures needed to get on the ballot as an... more
Embattled Kirk runs from reporters after forum
June 21, 2010 – Posted by John Chase at 3:38 p.m. With Democratic U.S. Senate opponent Alexi Giannoulias basking in the relative glow of today's fundraising visit by Vice President Joe Biden, embattled Republican candidate Mark Kirk fled reporters following an appearance at a... more