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by Progress Illinois
11:28am
Tue Mar 31, 2009
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Sun-Times On Pulido: "Well Outside The Mainstream"

IL-5

In their editorial endorsing Mike Quigley in the 5th Congressional District special election today, the Sun-Times takes a moment to point out that they're no fan of GOP candidate Rosanna "Chicagolady" Pulido: A brief word about Pulido. She is the founder ...

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by Josh Kalven
1:05pm
Fri Mar 27, 2009
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Quigley's Seat To Be Filled On April 11

IL-5

After endorsing Mike Quigley in the 5th Congressional District special election today (no surprise there), the Chicago Tribune editorial board goes on to note that Quigley's successor on the county board will be chosen at an April 11 public meeting of the Democratic ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:12am
Fri Mar 27, 2009
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Pulido Apologizes For "Crude Joking"

Illinois GOP

As we noted on Monday, a newly-created blog has been compiling inflammatory comments posted to the Free Republic website by Rosanna Pulido, the Republican candidate in the 5th Congressional District race. For years, Pulido has contributed to the right-wing site under the ...

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by Josh Kalven
5:03pm
Tue Mar 10, 2009
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IL-5 Earns A Dubious Distinction

IL-5

Thanks to the Gallup-Healthways Index AHIP Congressional Report, I think we have an explanation for the low turnout in last week's special primary to fill Rahm Emanuel's seat: Illinois' 5th is apparently the most stressed out congressional district in the country...

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by Josh Kalven
10:25am
Fri Mar 6, 2009
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IL-5: The Chicago Map (UPDATED)

IL-5

Swing State Project blogger "jeffmd" has done the yeoman's work of mapping the precinct-by-precinct results (within Chicago city limits) in Tuesday's 5th District special primary.  Click the image below for the full version:

A few observations:

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by Josh Kalven
11:22am
Wed Mar 4, 2009
1 comment

IL-5: Primary Day ... In 300 Seconds

IL-5

In an homage to TPM's "The Day In 100 Seconds," here's what happened yesterday ... in 300 seconds...

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by Progress Illinois
10:28pm
Tue Mar 3, 2009
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Congratulations, Mike Quigley!

IL-5

9:27 p.m.: And the AP calls it.  At last.  Congrats to the whole Quigley team!

9:09 p.m.: Fox Chicago's Jack Conaty just reported that both Fritchey and Feigenholtz have called Quigley to concede.

9:03 p.m.: The Quigley campaign just sent out a press ...

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by Angela Caputo
7:56pm
Tue Mar 3, 2009

IL-5: Feigenholtz Pushes East

IL-5

Sara Feigenholtz didn’t want to
talk numbers when I arrived at her Portage Park campaign office this
afternoon. But it was clear from the steady stream of
volunteers -- stopping in, getting their marching orders, then taking off
hit doorsteps and El stops -- that the ...

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by Angela Caputo
7:44pm
Tue Mar 3, 2009
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IL-5: Polish Power

IL-5

We’ve been hearing about the
excitement over candidate Victor Forys in the Portage Park neighborhood
(a.k.a. “Little Warsaw”) for some time now. So it wasn’t altogether
surprising when WBEZ reported this morning that the Chicago Board of Election’s Polish-language ...