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AURORA, Ill., March 8 (UPI) -- Democrat Bill Foster, a political newcomer, won a special election Saturday in the Illinois congressional district of Republican former Speaker Dennis Hastert.
CHICAGO, March 7 (UPI) -- Illinois company Oberweis Dairy filed an injunction request to stop the Democratic committee from airing ads that claim the company employs illegal immigrants.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 2 (UPI) -- Spinning newspaper headlines are a staple of campaign ads, but now Illinois Republicans are objecting because some of those headlines are made up.
CHICAGO, July 29 (UPI) -- Republican Jack Ryan has filed a withdrawal of candidacy form with the Illinois State Board of Elections officially ending his campaign for the U.S. Senate.
CHICAGO, March 16 (UPI) -- Illinois State Sen. Barack Obama took an early lead in the race for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in Illinois.
CHICAGO, March 9 (UPI) -- With a week until the Illinois primaries for an open U.S. Senate seat, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Jack Ryan lead their party's contenders.
CHICAGO, March 5 (UPI) -- A new poll indicates Democrat Barack Obama is gaining ground in his bid to capture the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Immigrant rights advocates are ripping a pair of provocative campaign ads from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis as racist and fallacious.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- A powerful state government employees union has endorsed Democrat Illinois state Sen. Barack Obama's bid to become a U.S. senator.