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Alexi Giannoulias
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by Josh Kalven
5:04pm
Fri Feb 20, 2009
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More Burris Fallout

Jan Schakowsky

Sen. Roland Burris' interim chief of staff, Darrel Thompson, jumped ship this afternoon:

Three weeks ago I was temporarily detailed to serve as Chief of Staff
to Senator Roland W. Burris. Though my tenure was relatively brief, I
enjoyed and valued my time with ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:42am
Mon Feb 16, 2009
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Giannoulias Joining Durbin On Trip Overseas (UPDATED)

Election 2010

We noted last week that Sen. Dick Durbin has been talking up State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias' potential prospects in the 2010 U.S. Senate race, telling Politico that he would make a "formidable" candidate.  Now comes news that the two Illinois officials are meeting up ...

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by Josh Kalven
12:03pm
Thu Feb 12, 2009
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Durbin Calls Giannoulias A "Formidable" Senate Candidate

IL-U.S. Senate

Politico has an article out today on some of the complications surrounding the 2010 Democratic Senate primary in Illinois. The dilemma for Democratic leaders is this: Burris is considered a weak candidate, particularly considering the Blagojevich connection, but the optics of ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:52am
Wed Feb 11, 2009
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Tribune Poll Finds Only 6% View Quinn Unfavorably (UPDATED)

Pat Quinn

A Tribune poll out today shows Gov. Quinn with every officeholder's dream: a relatively blank slate in terms of public opinion.  The survey found that 40 percent of respondents have no opinion of him and just six percent view him unfavorably: As for Quinn, 49 ...

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by Angela Caputo
3:21pm
Thu Feb 5, 2009
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Giannoulias Looks To End The College Credit Card Craze

Alexi Giannoulias

Back in September, we noted
that Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias was looking to put a stop to multi-million
dollar marketing schemes between universities and credit card companies targeting students. By rolling
out the Credit Card Marketing Act of 2009, he’s delivering this ...

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by Josh Kalven
1:14pm
Fri Jan 30, 2009

Research 2000 Poll Gives Dems Edge In 2010 Senate Race (UPDATED)

Alexi Giannoulias

A new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll out today examines the state-of-play in the 2010 U.S. Senate race.  The candidates tested include Roland Burris, Jan Schakowsky, and Alexi Giannoulias on the Democratic side and Mark Kirk and Peter Roskam for the Republicans.  ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:47am
Thu Jan 29, 2009

More Senate Murmurs From Giannoulias

IL-U.S. Senate

The State Journal-Register's Bernie Schoenburg talks to Scott Burnham, spokesman for State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias:

Giannoulias is getting a lot of encouragement to consider a run,
said SCOTT BURNHAM, who was careful to be outside the confines of the
state ...

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by Josh Kalven
5:38pm
Thu Jan 22, 2009

Giannoulias Looking Into Senate Run

Alexi Giannoulias

We previously noted that Rep. Jan Schakowsky was keeping the door open to a 2010 U.S. Senate bid.  Now State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is exploring a challenge to Roland Burris as well.  From Politico:

Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias is holding ...

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by Josh Kalven
3:13pm
Wed Jan 14, 2009
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Foster, Davis Speak Out In Favor Of SCHIP (UPDATED)

Alexi Giannoulias

Moments ago, the House of Representatives passed legislation reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program by a vote of 289-139.  The New York Times provides a summary of this important bill:

Supporters of the bill said it would cover 10 million children...