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Home » Chris Kennedy

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Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s political psychosis has me paging Dr. Freud after last week’s primary

by Ben Joravsky March 27, 2018August 18, 2021

If you want to know why Trump, Rauner, and Rahm are in power, just study the latest election.

Posted inBlogs

The next governor of Illinois: A superrich white guy

by Ryan Smith March 20, 2018August 18, 2021

Get ready for the most expensive election for governor in U.S. history: J.B. Pritzker versus Bruce Rauner.

Posted inBlogs

Right-wing Twitter propaganda bots pumping up Jeanne Ives campaign for governor, study finds

by Ryan Smith March 14, 2018August 18, 2021

The vast majority of Twitter posts in the Illinois governor’s race last week were in favor of Ives, a University of Illinois student found.

Posted inBlogs

Daniel Biss to rock the vote onstage with Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot in Chicago

by Ryan Smith March 5, 2018August 18, 2021

The Democratic governor candidate will make a campaign stop at the show at Subterranean on Tuesday night.

Posted inBlogs

Pritzker, Biss, and Kennedy see the light—just in time for the primary

by Ben Joravsky March 2, 2018August 18, 2021

Last night’s Democratic debate was another reminder that Illinois Dems spent the better part of the last ten years acting like Republicans.

Posted inBlogs

Attorney and former Playboy model Corri Fetman calls out ‘body-shaming’ attack ad in judicial campaign

by Maya Dukmasova February 22, 2018August 18, 2021

A Facebook video mocks Fetman for bodybuilding, calls her a “poser.”

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Looking for the most progressive Democrat in the governor’s race who’s least likely to sell us out

by Ben Joravsky February 15, 2018August 18, 2021

Biss, Daiber, Hardiman, Kennedy, Pritzker—man, I can’t make up my mind.

Posted inBlogs

Poll: Daniel Biss catching up to front-runner J.B. Pritzker in gubernatorial primary after wiretap controversy, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 8, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, Canadian prime minister Trudeau wouldn’t let David Axelrod push him into discussing Trump.

Posted inBlogs

J.B. Pritzker under fire for comments about African-American elected officials in newly released Blagojevich tape, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd February 7, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, Jeanne Ives is “a little bit surprised at some of the hysteria” over controversial campaign ad.

Posted inBlogs

Rauner delivers his final State of the State address with an eye to November elections, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 31, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, a new poll shows that more than a third of likely Democratic primary voters are undecided on the race for governor.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

If Mayor Rahm really wanted to stop poor people from leaving Chicago, he’d stop giving TIF handouts to corporations

by Ben Joravsky January 18, 2018August 18, 2021

Instead another TIF deal benefits benefits a downtown building instead of neighborhoods in need.

Posted inBlogs

Activists clash with aldermen over community benefits at Obama Presidential Center hearing, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 17, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, city clerk Anna Valencia discusses her struggle to be taken seriously as a woman in politics.

Posted inBlogs

Fix Illinois by breaking the state apart? A gubernatorial candidate makes the case.

by Ryan Smith January 17, 2018August 18, 2021

Robert Marshall has a plan to dissolve Illinois and create three new independent states.

Posted inBlogs

Obama insiders say he’ll step up campaigning in 2018 as midterm elections approach, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd January 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, Chris Kennedy leaves gubernatorial candidate forum after Jeanne Ives’s comments about gun violence.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago’s ‘clusters’ of unsolved strangling deaths near Washington Park and Garfield Park, and other news

by Kate Shepherd January 11, 2018August 18, 2021

Also, Chris Kennedy continues bold attack on Emanuel by mentioning Joe Berrios.

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