February 03, 2010
By Bill McMorris 312- 624-3034 CHICAGO-Unity was the theme at a breakfast sponsored by the state GOP even if party members do not know who they’re nominee is for the governor’s race. State Senator Bill Brady of Bloomington leads Hinsdale Senator Kirk Dillard by several hundred votes with 99-percent of the vote counted. The frontrunners [...]
February 03, 2010
By Bill McMorris (312) 624-3034 CHICAGO — Members of the Illinois Republican Party gathered for a Unity Breakfast on Wednesday morning without knowing exactly who they were unifying for in the governor’s race. State Sens. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington, and Kirk Dillard, R-Hinsdale, are separated by a few hundred votes from yesterday’s primary, with 99 percent [...]
February 03, 2010
By Kevin Lee 217-528-9604 CHICAGO – Headed into Wednesday morning, the Democratic primary race for governor was still too close to call. Governor Pat Quinn had a lead of fewer than one-percentage-point over rival Dan Hynes with 98 percent of the precincts tallied. Hynes says he will continue to fight at least through today and [...]
February 03, 2010
By Benjamin Yount 217-528-9844 LISLE – It could be a few days before Illinois Republicans will know who their candidate for governor will be this fall. The top three candidates in the primary each went to bed early Wednesday morning claiming at least some victory. Bloomington State Senator Bill Brady claimed the GOP’s top spot [...]
February 03, 2010
By Benjamin Yount 217-528-9844 LISLE – Two Republican candidates for governor say they’re the winner of yesterday’a primary, and a third says he might be. Both state senators Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard told supporters early Wednesday morning that they expected to be governor by breakfast. Dillard says the map and the math are on [...]
February 03, 2010
By Benjamin Yount 217-528-9844 LISLE – There is no winner of the Republican nomination for Illinois Governor. Two people say they’re the winner, and third says he may be. But as of the time the campaigns in the February primary shutdown early Wednesday morning, none of the half dozen candidates on the GOP ballot could [...]
