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by Josh Kalven
5:47pm
Tue Nov 25, 2008
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Kirk Continues To Suggest GM Workers Make $70/Hour

Wages

Appearing on WTTW's Chicago Tonight yesterday, GOP Mark Kirk repeated his suggestion -- advanced by the conservative and mainstream media at the national level -- that the average General Motors worker makes $70-plus per hour.  Watch it:

In ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
6:31pm
Tue Nov 4, 2008

IL-10: "I Want Them To Know I'm Voting"

Immigration

Like millions of Americans, Jaime Rios (right) of Waukegan cast his ballot today in the hope that new leadership in Washington D.C. will ultimately bring better jobs and health care. But for the 43-year-old landscaper, one particular issue really motivated him to vote...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:15pm
Sun Nov 2, 2008
3 comments

Kirk Claims 5-10 Point Lead "The Whole Way Through"

IL-10

GOP Rep. Mark Kirk -- who hasn't released an internal poll since mid-September -- asserted yesterday that polls have shown him running "five to ten points ahead of my opponent the whole way through."  From CBS 2's report on the 10th Congressional District race...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
5:09pm
Fri Oct 31, 2008
2 comments

Obama Cuts Radio Ad For Seals

IL-10

We've been wondering whether Barack Obama was going to wade into the tight 10th Congressional District race.  And today we got our answer. 

Take a listen to Dan Seals' new radio ad:

Internal ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
3:32pm
Fri Oct 31, 2008
3 comments

Post Office Mysteriously Stows Away 8,200 Seals Mailers

IL-10

On October 21, Democratic candidate Dan Seals' congressional campaign dropped off 8,200 pieces of mail at the post office.  As is customary with political materials, the campaign had sleeved and red-tagged the delivery, which was subsequently transferred to a distribution ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:58am
Fri Oct 31, 2008

Seals Outpacing Kirk In Home Stretch Fundraising

IL-10

In the first 15 days of October, Democratic challenger Dan Seals outpaced GOP Rep. Mark Kirk in fundraising by more than $100,000.  According to his "pre-general" Federal Election Commission filing, Seals raised $233,000 during this brief period, retaining $269,000 ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
8:04pm
Wed Oct 29, 2008

Evans-Novak Shift IL-10 To "Lean Democratic"

IL-10

Here's the latest evidence that political observers think GOP Rep. Mark Kirk is very, very vulnerable next Tuesday.  The Evans-Novak Political Report has moved the 10th Congressional District race from "Leaning Republican" to "Leaning Democratic.&quot...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
5:44pm
Wed Oct 29, 2008

Des Plaines Journal Endorses Seals, Morgenthaler

Jill Morgenthaler

From the Des Plaines Journal's endorsement of 10th Congressional District Democratic challenger Dan Seals: During the grueling contest, the usually moderate and thoughtful [GOP Rep. Mark] Kirk has resorted to negative advertising to get his message out. He has ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
2:35pm
Tue Oct 28, 2008

Immigrant Activists Kick Off Massive GOTV Effort

Immigration

When hundreds of thousands of Chicago residents took to the streets in 2006 to protest congressional efforts to criminalize illegal immigrants, they joined millions across the nation in pledging: "Today we march, tomorrow we vote." Two years later, many of ...