The dates with been selected. The list of candidates grows. And now we have more details on the doonybrook that is about to be the Special Primary and Election to represent the glorious 5th District of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives.
And you thought you had heard the last of complex Illinois politics ... read on. Eleven people have already filed papers with the Federal Election Commission declaring they are possible candidates. One has been excluded from the poll below (Debra Mell) because she is not planning seeking the office now. There are likely to be more before the list is final.
CHICAGO, IL Today U.S. Representative Rahm Emanuel (DIL) released the following text of an automated call to the constituents of the 5th Congressional District. Emanuel will officially resign his Congressional seat on Friday January 2, 2009.
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