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Martin Ozinga
PI Original
by Adam Doster
6:05pm
Tue Nov 4, 2008
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IL-11: Marty, Where Are You?

Martin Ozinga

On my way east from Joliet to Indiana this afternoon, I swung by the Mokena-based
campaign office of Marty Ozinga. The 11th District GOP congressional candiate
operates out of an office building tucked behind his
own massive concrete plants. I
figured I'd hang ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
9:02am
Fri Oct 31, 2008

Ozinga Goes On Self-Funding Spree

IL-11

GOP congressional candidate Marty Ozinga had loaned $320,000 of his own money to his 11th District campaign by the end of the third quarter. Campaign finance reports show that, in the month since, he has given an additional $250,000 to the effort, bringing his total personal ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
6:21pm
Mon Oct 27, 2008

New DCCC Ads Hit 10th And 11th Districts

IL-10

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has a new ad out hitting 11th District GOP candidate Marty Ozinga as "out for himself -- not for us."  Watch it:

The DCCC also has a new spot up in the 10th District that uses snippets ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:21am
Thu Oct 23, 2008

Roll Call Poll: Halvorson 50%, Ozinga 37%

Martin Ozinga

Roll Call has conducted the latest poll in the 11th Congressional District, and like the internal survey released on Friday and our own poll published on Monday, this one shows Democrat Debbie Halvorson with support in the 50 percent range and a double-digit lead over her ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:23am
Thu Oct 23, 2008

New Halvorson Ad Whacks Ozinga On Late Taxes

Debbie Halvorson

Here's the latest ad from 11th District Democratic candidate Debbie Halvorson, which hits Republican Marty Ozinga on his concrete company's history of late taxes, which we wrote about back in July.  Watch it...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
9:32am
Mon Oct 20, 2008
3 comments

Progress Illinois Poll In IL-11: Halvorson 50%, Ozinga 29%

IL-11

Bennett, Petts, & Normington for Progress Illinois. 10/15-16.  Likely voters. MoE 4.9%:

Debbie Halvorson (D): 50%
Martin Ozinga (R): 29%
Undecided: 22%

The 11th Congressional District poll conducted for Progress Illinois by the Washington D.C.-based ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
5:32pm
Fri Oct 17, 2008

Halvorson Releases Poll Showing Her Up By 19

IL-11

This afternoon, 11th District Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson released a new poll showing her beating Republican Marty Ozinga by a hefty margin.  From a campaign statement:

State
Senator and Congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson is in a ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
12:39pm
Thu Oct 16, 2008

Cheney, Ozinga, And Health Care

Health Care

Using a notorious quote we grabbed from a cable access interview back in July, SouthtownStar columnist Kristen McQueary gets in a good dig at Marty Ozinga the day after Dick Cheney had to cancel a fundraiser with the Republican congressional candidate for health reasons...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:34am
Thu Oct 16, 2008

"Congressman" Marty Ozinga?!?!

Martin Ozinga

What is it with national news outlets assuming that 11th District GOP congressional candidate Marty Ozinga is already in office?  First, Politico referred to him as "Rep. Marty Ozinga" back in July.  Then yesterday, a CNN anchor called him "Congressman Marty ...