Ben Joravsky offers predictions for the 2018 midterm elections—including those for both houses of Congress.
Tag: Illinois governor’s race
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Rauner and Pritzker tout government transparency while blocking access to records
Will Illinois’s candidates for governor ever practice what they preach?
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‘Just beat Rauner’: The tables have turned as Dems line up behind Pritzker
OK, we’re as bad as Republicans who discount strikes against Trump, but Rauner proved he didn’t deserve reelection almost from the day he was sworn in.
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Looking for the most progressive Democrat in the governor’s race who’s least likely to sell us out
Biss, Daiber, Hardiman, Kennedy, Pritzker—man, I can’t make up my mind.
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U.S. Steel dumped more toxic chromium into Lake Michigan in October, asked state regulators to ‘keep it secret’, and other Chicago news
Also, man freed by Cook County state’s attorney’s office after serving 29 years in jail on two wrongful convictions of arson.
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It must be campaign time in Illinois, ’cause someone ‘blew the cap’
Nothing heralds the start of a new campaign season like the first candidate taking advantage of campaign finance loopholes.
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A white, wealthy ward went to Rauner—and how the rest of Chicago voted on Tuesday
The Magnificent Mile goes for Rauner, while the black wards keep the faith in Quinn.
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Why would Bruce Rauner want to buy the governor’s mansion?
A shrewd businessman would know the leaky manor house is a fixer-upper.
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The mayor’s race is not the only game in town
The contest between Governor Pat Quinn and Republican Bruce Rauner is critically important for Chicago.
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Watching the White Sox-Cubs game with Governor Quinn
Cheaping it out in the upper deck with the Illinois chief exec.
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Bill Daley and Bruce Rauner: Birds of a feather
Why is the former candidate dissing his party’s incumbent?
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Mudslinging at the Rauner exploratory campaign for governor
“I scare politicians in both parties,” Bruce Rauner says.
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Extremely Obvious Point of the Day
Bill Brady’s plan to allow the mass euthanization of dogs and cats gets backburnered to another sponsor.