Showing posts with label Elections 2010. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elections 2010. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Anti-violence program promoted by Quinn mismanaged funds, audit finds

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By Jamey Dunn Republicans are calling for an investigation of Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration after an audit released today found mismanag...
Friday, November 05, 2010

Brady concedes

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By Jamey Dunn Republican Sen. Bill Brady conceded the governor's race to Gov. Pat Quinn this afternoon. Late Tuesday night, the two were...
Thursday, November 04, 2010

Democrats stay low key about state wins

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By Jamey Dunn President Obama said at a Washington, D.C., news conference yesterday that a new Republican majority in the U.S. Congress mean...
Wednesday, November 03, 2010

No concession means confusion

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By Jamey Dunn With neither candidate conceding in the governor’s race, Illinois legislators will return to Springfield tomorrow under a clou...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010

Election coverage

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Since we have a small staff and little means to travel, I will be watching results roll in from my home computer, just as many of our reader...

Candidates set to break spending records

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By Jamey Dunn As Democrats and Republicans battle it out in close races across the state , they are expected to break records for raising an...
Monday, November 01, 2010

Election day: Close races, big spenders and unhappy voters

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By Jamey Dunn As the candidates at the top of the ticket fly throughout the state trying to energize voters the day before the election, pol...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Republicans: Quinn misleads with early release ad

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By Jamey Dunn Republicans are crying foul over the early release of some prisoners after Gov. Pat Quinn said he suspended the controversial ...

Quinn and Brady's last duel

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By Jamey Dunn In their last televised face-off before the election, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and his Republican challenger, state Sen. Bill...
Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Quinn and Brady touch on budget ideas: Part 2

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By Jamey Dunn During recent debates, Gov. Pat Quinn has mentioned the “Budgeting for Results” provision — a plan to reform the state budgeti...

Kirk and Giannoulias spar in debate

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By Jamey Dunn During last night’s debate , U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk and state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias spoke about events from their pasts tha...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Brady and Quinn touch on budget ideas during debates

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By Jamey Dunn Both Gov. Pat Quinn and his Republican opponent for governor, Sen. Bill Brady, have avoided sharing many specific details of t...
Friday, October 15, 2010

Debate includes third-party candidate

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By Jamey Dunn During last night’s gubernatorial debate , Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican candidate for governor Sen. Bill Brady took shots at ...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Senate to vote on pension borrowing in early November

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By Jamey Dunn Leaders in the Illinois Senate plan to return to Springfield a few days after the election to consider $4 billion in borrowin...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Whitney demands debate invitations

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By Jamey Dunn With only a few weeks before the general election, Rich Whitney, the Green Party candidate for governor, has launched a campa...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Poll shows Brady gaining in governor's race

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By Jamey Dunn A poll released today by the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute shows Republican candidate for governor, Sen. Bill Brady, with...
Tuesday, October 05, 2010

N.J. governor stumps for Brady

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By Jamey Dunn New Jersey and Illinois have a lot in common: massively underfunded pension systems, widespread teacher layoffs and gaping bud...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Quinn and Brady duke it out in first debate

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By Jamey Dunn Gov. Pat Quinn and his Republican opponent for governor, state Sen. Bill Brady, talked policy and traded shots in a debate thi...
Thursday, September 02, 2010

Randle resigns as corrections director

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By Jamey Dunn After repeatedly defending Department of Corrections Director Michael Randle, Gov. Pat Quinn is now seeking his replacement an...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Brady unveils recovery plan

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By Jamey Dunn State Sen. Bill Brady, the Republican candidate for governor, laid out his plan for economic recovery today. He and Gov. Pat...