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Alexi Giannoulias

Democrat Alexi Giannoulias has been state treasurer since 2007. He was a top loan officer for his family's Broadway Bank, which failed and was seized by federal regulators in April. President Obama has campaigned for Giannoulias.

Senate

ILLINOIS

Democrat

Lealan Jones

Senate

ILLINOIS

Independent

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Mark Kirk

Republican Mark Kirk, an attorney, has served five terms in the House since 2001. Kirk, a commander in Naval Reserve, had to apologize for exaggerating his military record earlier this year.

Senate

ILLINOIS

Republican

Latest Illinois Senate Race News

Republican Mark Kirk Wins Obama's Old Senate Seat

By Lynn Sweet

In one of the biggest Senate races in the nation, Republican Mark Kirk on Tuesday won the seat once held by President Barack Obama, a highly sought after prize for the GOP. In a battle centering on ...

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Can Obama Save Alex Giannoulias, Pat Quinn in His Home State?

By Lynn Sweet

CHICAGO -- President Obama bought breakfast on Sunday for the top of the Illinois Democratic ticket, Gov. Pat Quinn and Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias, investing yet more time in two close contests ...

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Democrats Hope High Voter Turnout Will Boost Odds in Some Races

By Christopher Weber

While most polls spell doom and gloom for Democrats Tuesday, the party believes it still has one glimmer of hope for hanging onto seats in tight races: high voter turnout. A senior Democratic ...

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Governor, Senate Poll Roundup: Looking at the Closest Races

By Bruce Drake

A flood of new polls on this year's key governor and Senate races came out Sunday and Monday, and here are the ones that showed the tightest races and those where the margins are larger, but the ...

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Countdown to Election Day: Senate Races to Watch

By Andrea Stone

Republicans will edge close toward control of the Senate Tuesday but are unlikely to be able to seal the deal. While the GOP is widely favored to win back the House, it faces a narrower path to ...

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Alexi Giannoulias

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Mark Kirk

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Lealan Jones

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Governor

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Pat Quinn

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Bill Brady

Green

Rich Whitney

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Latest From the Web

May 27, 2012

Durbin says Illinois will get 'strong' U.S. attorney

Source: Jacksonville Journal Courier - Jacksonville IL

Durbin said Friday that Holder assured him that he will name a "strong and competent" acting U.S. attorney who will serve until the Senate confirms a nominee.

May 25, 2012

Senate committee cuts $33M in aid to Pakistan over conviction of doctor who helped find bin Laden

Source: Times-News - Kingsport TN

A Senate panel expressed its outrage Thursday over Pakistan's conviction of a doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden, voting to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million — $1 million for every year of the physician's 33-year sentence for high treason.

May 24, 2012

Senate distinguishes between Palestinian refugees and descendants

Source: St. Louis Jewish News - St. Louis MO

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved language that would distinguish between Palestinian refugees alive in 1948 and their descendants.

May 24, 2012

Senate GOP Appropriators Will Consume Any Rubbish Democrats Offer

Source: RedState.org

As we've chronicled here in great detail over the past year, House Republicans are no pikers when it comes to conservative legislation.

May 24, 2012

Ex-Sen. Fitzgerald calls Patrick Fitzgerald a "transformational U.S. attorney"

Source: Daily Herald - Arlington Heights IL

Hours before announcing he would be stepping down as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald placed a call to a McLean, Va., bank.