Rick Pearson
Political Reporter at Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune political reporter. Lifetime Achievement Award/Chicago Headline Club-SPJ. Tweets are mine. RTs don’t = endorsement. Trolls will be blocked.
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3 weeks ago |
chicagotribune.com | Rick Pearson
The still emerging race to succeed Dick Durbin in the U.S. Senate featuring candidates from within the state’s congressional delegation has created a domino effect — a growing list of contenders now racing for suddenly open seats in the U.S. House. With the potential of at least three sitting Democratic House members vying for Durbin’s spot and the announcement that longtime U.S. Rep.
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1 month ago |
chicagotribune.com | Rick Pearson
Another contestant joined the still-emerging field of Democrats vying to succeed U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin Wednesday as five-term northwest suburban U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi launched his bid, pitching himself as a “radical common sense progressive” to take on President Donald Trump.
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1 month ago |
chicagotribune.com | Rick Pearson
Three-term Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs said Monday he would not seek the 2026 Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat of Dick Durbin, who is retiring at the end of his term. “There is a mess in Washington right now and we need to send someone who will fight for all of us in Illinois, but that person will not be me,” Frerichs wrote in an email to supporters.
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1 month ago |
chicagotribune.com | Rick Pearson
George Homer Ryan served one term as Illinois governor, his scandal-clouded tenure and subsequent imprisonment on federal corruption charges overshadowing a nationally historic move to halt the state’s death penalty and empty its Death Row amid concerns of widespread misconduct in capital cases.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Rick Pearson
George Homer Ryan served one term as Illinois governor, his scandal-clouded tenure and subsequent imprisonment on federal corruption charges overshadowing a nationally historic move to halt the state’s death penalty and empty its Death Row amid concerns of widespread misconduct in capital cases.
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RT @royalpratt: Our ace City Hall team led by @byaliceyin is out with an excellent look at Mayor Brandon Johnson two years in. With the exc…
Was honored to have the Political Junkie, Ken Rudin, ask me to discuss US Sen Dick Durbin’s career: https://t.co/0Bvt6xcoQ9
RT @chicagotribune: The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: https://t.co/2Eo6R3Ww6b https://t.co/tc30KLke3b