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Breaking Illinois News Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2010 STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS: GOVERNOR: Pat Quinn (D) I - (Campaign Site) & Sheila Simon (D) - Ex-Carbondale City Councilwoman, Law Professor, Attorney & Daughter of Ex-US Sen. Paul Simon
Bill Brady (R) - State Sen., Developer & '06 Candidate & Jason Plummer (R) - Lumber Company Executive
Michael White (Constitution) - Speech Therapy Clinic Business Manager & Retired USAF Officer & Jeff Trexler (Constitution) - State Party Chairman
Rich Whitney (Green) - Attorney, Ex-Journalist & Frequent Candidate & Don Crawford (Green) - Teacher, Environmental Activist & '08 Fayette County Commission Nominee
Lex Green (Libertarian) - Auto Worker & Ed Rutledge (Libertarian) - Financial Executive & Chicago Libertarian Chair
William “Dock” Walls (Independent) - Ex-Chicago Mayoral Aide & Frequent Candidate & Runningmate Not Yet Named ATTORNEY GENERAL: Lisa Madigan (D) I - (Campaign Site) Steve Kim (R) - Attorney Louis Cotton (Constitution) - Attorney David Black (Green) - Attorney, '06 Nominee & '04 Champaign County State's Attorney Nominee Bill Malan (Libertarian) - Attorney & Publishing Company Owner SECRETARY OF STATE: Jesse White (D) IRobert Enriquez (R) - Businessman, Ex-State Human Rights Commissioner & USMC Veteran Gary Dunlap (Constitution) - State Party Vice Chair Adrian Frost (Green) - '08 Kendall County Commission Nominee Josh Hanson (Libertarian) - Customer Service Project Coordinator & DuPage County Libertarian Chair STATE COMPTROLLER: Dan Hynes (D) I - (Campaign Site)David Miller (D) - State Rep. & Dentist Judy Baar Topinka (R) - Ex-State Treasurer, Ex-State Sen., Ex-State Rep., Ex-State GOP Chair & '06 Governor Nominee Tim Becker (Constitution) - Businessman Erika Schaefer (Green) - Non-Profit Group Financial Director Julie Fox (Libertarian) - Dundee Township Library Board Member, Ex-State Party Treasurer & Accountant STATE TREASURER: [ Alexi Giannoulias (D) I - Candidate for US Senate in 2010. ]Robin Kelly (D) - Ex-State Rep. & Chief of Staff to State Treasurer Giannoulias Dan Rutherford (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep., Businessman & '06 Secretary of State Nominee Dawn Czarny (Constitution) - Health Care Executive Scott Summers (Green) - Attorney, McHenry County College Trustee & '08 US Rep. Nominee James Pauly (Libertarian) GENERAL ASSEMBLY: State House - ( Democratic Caucus - Republican Caucus )
State Senate - ( Democratic Caucus - Republican Caucus ) U.S. SENATOR: Roland Burris (D) I - (Campaign Site) (Retiring) Alexi Giannoulias (D) - State Treasurer & Ex-Banker Mark Kirk (R) - Congressman, Attorney, Ex-Congressional Aide & Afghan War Veteran Randy Stufflebeam (Constitution) - Ex-State Party Chair, Retired USMC Veteran, Church Activist & '06 Gov. Nominee LeAlan Jones (Green) - Freelance Journalist & Author Mike Labno (Libertarian) - Engineer & Construction Manager John Blyth (Independent) - Health Insurance Agency Owner & Ex-Bricklayer Will Boyd Jr. (Independent) - Greenville City Councilman, Minister & Ex-Democrat Michael Dorsey (Independent) - Attorney Stan Jagla (Independent) - Businessman & '08 US Rep. Candidate Eric Wallace (Independent) - Apostolic Minister, Businessman & Conservative Activist Bob Zadek (Independent) Dick Durbin (D) I - (Campaign Site) U.S. CONGRESS: District 1: Bobby Rush (D) I Jeff Adams (Green) District 2: Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D) I - (Campaign Site)Isaac Hayes (R) - Minister Anthony Williams (Green) - Lutheran Pastor & Frequent Candidate District 3: Dan Lipinski (D) I - (Campaign Site)Michael Bendas (R) - Business Consultant & Retired Army Officer Laurel Lambert Schmidt (Green) - Ex-Insurance Underwriter & Peace Activist District 4: Luis Gutierrez (D) I Rob Burns (Green) - Economist & Community Activist District 5: Mike Quigley (D) I - (Campaign Site) David Ratowitz (R) - Real Estate Developer, Attorney & Army Veteran Matt Reichel (Green) - Political Organizer, Peace Activist, French Translator & '09 Candidate District 6: Peter Roskam (R) I - (Campaign Site)Ben Lowe (D) - Author & Environmental Activist District 7: Danny K. Davis (D) I - (Campaign Site)Mark Weiman (R) - Dentist Kip Robbins (Green) - Financial Analyst District 8: Melissa Bean (D) I - (Campaign Site)Joe Walsh (R) - Teacher, '96 Candidate & '98 State Rep. Candidate Bill Scheurer (Green) - Attorney, Peace Activist & Frequent Candidate Bill Fraser (Independent) - Teacher District 9: Jan Schakowsky (D) I - (Campaign Site)Joel Pollak (R) - Attorney, Author & Conservative Activist Simon Ribeiro (Green) - Teacher & '06 Candidate District 10: Mark Kirk (R) I - (Campaign Site) (Running for Senate.)Bob Dold (R) - Businessman Dan Seals (D) - Marketing Executive, Ex-Congressional Aide & '06/'08 Nominee Phil Huckelberry (Green) - State Party Co-Chair, Civil Engineer & '04 State Rep. Nominee District 11: Debbie Halvorson (D) I - (Campaign Site) Adam Kinzinger (R) - Ex-McLean County Commissioner & Iraq War Veteran District 12: Jerry Costello (D) I - (Campaign Site) Teri Davis Newman (R) - Professional Wedding Planner Christian Falconer (Constitution) - Researcher Rodger Jennings (Green) - Information Technology Project Manager, Metro East Green Party Chair & '08 Nominee District 13: Judy Biggert (R) I - (Campaign Site)Scott Harper (D) - Marketing Firm Owner & '08 Nominee District 14: Bill Foster (D) I - (Campaign Site)Randy Hultgren (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep., Ex-DuPage County Commissioner & Attorney Dan Kairis (Green) - Teacher, Community Activist & Ex-Reform Party State Chair Dan Druck (Libertarian) - Business Development Consultant, USAF Veteran & '08 Nominee Doug Marks (Libertarian) - Software Developer District 15: Tim Johnson (R) I - (Campaign Site)David Gill (D) - Physician, Democratic Activist & '04/'06 Nominee District 16: Don Manzullo (R) I - (Campaign Site) George Gaulrapp (D) - Freeport Mayor & Marketing Executive Terry Campbell (Green) District 17: Phil Hare (D) I- (Campaign Site)Bobby Schilling (R) - Pizza Restaurant Owner & Ex-Factory Worker Roger Davis (Green) - Disabled Laborer, Ex-Truck Driver & Ex-Prison Guard District 18: Aaron Schock (R) I - (Campaign Site)D.K. Hirner (D) - Environmental Activist, Ex-College Professor & Ex-Missouri Gubernatorial Aide Sheldon Schafer (Green) - College Professor, Astronomer, Peace Corps Veteran & '08 Nominee District 19: John Shimkus (R) I - (Campaign Site)Tim Bagwell (D) - IT Consultant, Teacher & '04 Nominee STATE POLITICAL PARTIES: STATE ELECTION OFFICE: State Board of Elections STATE NEWS SOURCES: Alton Telegraph Arlington Heights Daily Herald Aurora Beacon News Belleville News-Democrat Belvidere Daily Republican Benton Evening News Bloomington Pantagraph Cambridge Chronicle Canton Daily Ledger CapitolFax.com (Politics) Carbondale Southern Illinoisan Carmi Times Centralia Morning Sentinel Champaign News-Gazette Chicago Communicator (African-American) Chicago Daily Southtown Chicago Free Press (Gay) Chicago Inside Chicago Journal Modern Vertebrate (Chicago - Politics) Chicago Pioneer Press (49 Local Newspapers) Chicago Star News (20 Local Newspapers) Chicago Student Voices Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Tribune Chicago Windy City Times (Gay) Clay County Advocate-Press Collective Interest Radio (Liberal) Danville Commercial-News Decatur Herald & Review Du Quoin Evening Call Edwardsville Intelligencer Elgin Courier News Galesburg Register-Mail Harrisburg Daily Register Illinois Campaign for Political Reform - (Blog) Illinois DemNet (Liberal) Illinois Leader (Conservative) Joliet Herald News Kankakee Daily Journal Kewanee Star Courier Lincoln Courier Lombard Lombardian Macomb Journal Mattoon Journal Gazette & Times-Courier Modern Vertebrate (Politics) Monmouth Daily Review-Atlas Naperville Sun Pekin Daily Times Peoria Journal Star Polish News (Chicago - Polish-American) Pontiac Daily Leader Pure-News USA (African-American) Quincy Herald-Whig Rockford Register Star Sauk Valley Newspapers (Dixon) The Southern Illinoisan Sparta News-Plaindealer Springfield State Journal-Register Streator Times-Press SuburbanChicagoNews.com Waukegan News Sun West Frankfort Daily American WBBM TV-2 (CBS - Chicago) WBEZ 91.5 FM - Chicago Public Radio WEEK TV-25 (NBC - Peoria) - (Election News) WLS TV-7 (ABC - Chicago) WMAQ TV-5 (NBC - Chicago) FILING DATES: Filing Filing Deadline for Major Party Candidates: November 2009 Filing Deadline for Third Party Candidates: June 2010 Primary: February 2, 2010
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