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Obama spokesman Bill Burton gives little ground to McCain's outraged response at John Lewis's evoking George Wallace: "Sen. Obama does not believe that John McCain or his policy criticism is in any way ...

Senator Dick Durbin is traveling through Minnesota today campaigning for Barack Obama and was nice enough to take a few minutes out of his busy schedule to talk with me.

OF THE JOURNAL STAR Posted Oct 10, 2008 @ 10:38 PM Last update Oct 11, 2008 @ 01:07 AM PEORIA - Kathy Downing believed her husband, the late four-star Gen.

Green Party congressional candidate Sheldon Schafer surpassed the $5,000 fundraising threshold to file a federal campaign finance report and is calling on his opponents to join him in releasing their personal ...

A seven-term Republican Congressman from downstate Illinois is taking issue with fellow Republican Sarah Palin, saying some of the vice presidential candidate's rallies "don't befit the office she's running ...

U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial co-chairs U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, and U.S. Rep.

RON STRADT, the Democratic candidate for Sangamon County state's attorney, purchased a nice little novelty as a way to promote his run.

Calling the Electoral College "antiquated," U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood told junior high school students individual votes for president don't count, and the current system should be changed.

Jacksonville area citizens got a better understanding where three congressional candidates stand on issues ranging from energy to education during a debate at MacMurray College Tuesday night.

The U.S. House has approved a more than 700-billion dollar Wall Street bailout. The final vote was 263 to 171.

Those seeking Ray LaHood's seat to be at MacMurray College. October 6, 2008 - 2:50PM BY GREG OLSON Ways to solve the economic and foreign affairs quagmires facing America today will be among the issues debated ...

Several Peoria-area social service clubs will feature guest speakers at their meetings this week, including: Peoria Noon Optimist Club: George Hopkins, Emeritus professor, Western Illinois University, will ...

Today's Word on the Street column notes that Democratic Congressional candidate Colleen Callahan has given up the $2,500 it received from Congressman Charles Rangel.

' Five Illinois Republicans who helped defeat the Bush administration's financial rescue bill are under pressure by the National Assn.

Three members of Illinois' congressional delegation switched their votes Friday, helping push a re-tooled $700 billion bailout plan through the House.

Candidates seeking retiring U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood's seat in Congress plan to duel in a live televised debate Monday.

Pelosi and House Democrats delivered - " again while House Republicans did not meet expectations.

Forty years after being the mastermind for the Old State Capitol's restoration, Springfield architect Wally Henderson continues to be a ferocious advocate for the building.

I agree, in principle, that the Obama campaign should pay the $50k the City of Springfield says it spent hosting the presidential hopeful's visit and speech here last month.

The House of Representatives this week was faced with reworking the so-called bailout bill addressing the national financial crisis after the original proposal, which local congressmen Dan Lipinski , Bobby Rush ...