Texas Gov. Rick Perry has picked Chicago as his latest job-recruitment target, running print and Internet advertisements through a weekly business newspaper urging Illinois companies to move to the second-most populous state. In February, radio ads launched by Perry asked...
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry visits with fans prior to the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series NRA 500 on April 13, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Texas to Chicago: Send Us Your Overtaxed, Underemployed Masses
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Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. speaks to reporters following a Democratic Caucus on August 1, 2011 at the Capitol.
For Jackson Jr., It’s About the Money
Jesse L. Jackson Jr., the former Illinois Democratic congressman accused of using campaign funds for personal enrichment, once co-authored a book about the importance of financial planning and building wealth. Jackson wrote the 1999 book “It’s About the Money!” along...
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The Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
Republican Re-branding Mirrored by States: ‘Lincoln Republicans’
As Republican National Committee members meet in Charlotte to plot a way toward more electoral success, state parties are copying the national party’s reinvention study. Pat Brady, chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, announced today that he’s forming his own...
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President Barack Obama shown in Times Square in New York.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 242
That’s the number of electoral votes in the states that Democrats have won in six straight presidential elections. The tally includes 18 states and the District of Columbia. The total of 242 electoral votes is just 28 below the 270...
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Rep. Tim Scott hakes hands with House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy in Washington.
Tim Scott: South Carolina’s Odyssey
Ironies abound with Rep. Tim Scott of South Carolina set to become just the fifth black to serve in the U.S. Senate since the post-Civil War Reconstruction era — and only the second who won’t be representing Illinois. Scott, named today by Gov....
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn looks over a drought-damaged ear of corn on the farm of Jerry Kitowski on July 16, 2012 in Waltonville, Illinois.
Quinn Defends 25%: Bloomberg Bkfst
Unlike his two immediate predecessors, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn isn’t in prison. Still, staying out of legal trouble hasn’t helped the Democrat’s approval ratings. In a Public Policy Polling survey released late last month, Quinn’s job approval rating stood at...
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If Michelle Obama has any interest in the U.S. Senate seat her husband held before winning the White House, a new poll shows she’d have an advantage over Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois in 2016. The first lady has expressed...
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Rep. Joe Walsh, right, with Rep. Scott Rigell during a news conference to announce the formation of the 'Fix Congress Now Caucus' on Capitol Hill.
Super-PAC Shifts Focus to Illinois U.S. House Race from Missouri
A super-political action committee that was active in a U.S. Senate race in Missouri now is working to re-elect a vulnerable Republican congressman in Illinois. Now or Never PAC is spending at least $810,150 on media advertising to aid Joe...
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A Mitt Romney supporter on March 19, 2011 in Peoria, Illinois.
Illinois Primary, By the Numbers
Mitt Romney defeated Rick Santorum in the Illinois presidential primary yesterday by winning a majority of votes in metropolitan Chicago, easily overcoming his deficit in more culturally conservative and sparsely populated areas farther from the city. Romney led Santorum by...
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Mitt and Ann Romney at his election night rally in Schaumburg, Illinois, on March 20, 2012.
Magic Number of the Day: 107,000
That’s Mitt Romney’s approximate vote margin of victory over Rick Santorum in yesterday’s Republican presidential primary in Illinois, according to a nearly complete tally of votes by the Associated Press. It was one of Romney’s most sweeping victories in the...
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