Now that campaign staffers are enjoying Presidents Day, it's a good time to reflect on how U.S. Senate candidates fared during the primary election.
Those candidates didn't need to file their year-end reports until Jan. 31, more than 10 days later than the rest of the statewide candidates. Now, we have information from Oct. 1 through mid-January for all of the major candidates. Read more...
Their exchange ended with smiles, but Democratic U.S. Senate candidates made clear last night that the fight for Barack Obama's old seat is going to heat up and narrow down in the final primary stretch.
State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, former Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman and Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jackson answered a rapid-fire set of questions from the Chicago Sun-Times' Carol Marin yesterday evening. Read more...
Gov. Pat Quinn's campaign picked up a $3.2 million boost during the last half of 2009, out-raising Democratic rival Dan Hynes by more than $829,000 and topping the list of all gubernatorial candidates in total receipts for that period.
But while Hynes, the Illinois comptroller, came in second for receipts, he had more than twice the cash on hand as Quinn, with $3.1 million in available funds on Dec. 31. Read more...
