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by Josh Kalven
11:53am
Fri Jan 30, 2009
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IL-5: Malcolm Touts Feigenholtz, Quigley Touts His Record, Geoghegan Endorsed By The Nation

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Our latest round-up from the race to replace Rahm Emanuel in the 5th Congressional District: A couple weeks ago EMILY's List announced its endorsement of Sara Feigenholtz and yesterday president Ellen Malcolm touted Feigenholtz's candidacy on Huffington Post: ...

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by Josh Kalven
11:29am
Wed Jan 28, 2009
3 comments

IL-5: Claypool Endorsement, Geoghegan Settlement, Feigenholtz On Fair Pay, And More ...

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Here's the latest news from the race to replace Rahm Emanuel in the 5th Congressional District. Crain's Greg Hinz reported last night that Forest Claypool plans to endorse his fellow Cook County commissioner Mike Quigley today.  Two weeks ago, Quigley conducted a poll ...

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by Angela Caputo
6:02pm
Tue Jan 27, 2009
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IL-5: Local Minutemen Leader Faces Petition Challenge

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All of the anti-immigrant rhetoric and fearmongering spread by Rosanna Pulido of the Illinois Minutemen Project appears to be catching up with her in her GOP bid for the 5th Congressional District seat. Pulido’s sloppy nominating petitions -- which allegedly contain ...

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by Progress Illinois
3:40pm
Mon Jan 26, 2009
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IL-5: Candidate Forum This Sunday

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On Sunday, February 1, Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization (IVI-IPO), Northside Democracy for America, and a slew of other groups (including Progress Illinois) are sponsoring a forum with the Democratic candidates in the 5th Congressional District ...

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by Josh Kalven
11:16am
Mon Jan 26, 2009

IL-5: NOW Endorses Feigenholtz

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This morning, the National Organization for Women (NOW) PAC endorsed Sara Feigenholtz in the 5th Congressional District special election. From a press release: "The National Organization for Women PAC is proud to endorse Sara Feigenholtz for Congress.  She ...

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by Josh Kalven
12:11pm
Fri Jan 23, 2009
4 comments

IL-5: The Latest From The Race To Replace Rahm (UPDATED)

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Earlier this week, the filing period for the 5th Congressional District special election came to an end with 26 candidates in the race (15 Democrats, 6 Republicans, and 5 Greens). But will that many end up on the ballot? Thanks to the petition challenging process, probably ...

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by Josh Kalven
3:50pm
Tue Jan 20, 2009
6 comments

IL-5: Feigenholtz Gets Hit For Negative Polling

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The day after filing concluded for the special election, we've got the first sign of things getting ugly in the Fifth Congressional District.

Last night on Fox Chicago's nightly newscast, Dane Placko reported on a poll apparently conducted by Sara Feigenholtz's campaign ...

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by Josh Kalven
6:40pm
Mon Jan 19, 2009
11 comments

IL-5: Filing Deadline Passes

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At 5 p.m. today the filing deadline passed for candidates interested in replacing Rahm Emanuel in the 5th Congressional District.  In total, 26 candidates filed, including 15 Democrats, six Republicans, and five Greens (see the full list below).  None of the candidates we've ...

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by Josh Kalven
4:10pm
Sun Jan 18, 2009

IL-5: Internal Poll Shows Quigley With Early Lead

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A poll commissioned by Cook County Comm. Mike Quigley shows that, among the less than half of respondents who favor a specific candidate in the 5th Congressional District race, he holds an early lead.  From Greg Hinz's latest column in Crain's:

According to a poll ...