I attended Barack Obama’s appearance at a rally for State Senate candidate Dave Koehler this afternoon outside the Peoria County Courthouse.
I made the decision that If I wanted to shake Obama’s hand, I was going to have to stand next to Peoria City Council members Barbara Van Auken and Gary Sandberg, both of whom...
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Something familiar, something odd at the Obama event
Candidates forum Monday
From a press release:
In the interest of providing an educational opportunity for Peoria citizens, the Neighborhood Alliance is hosting a candidate’s forum. Each candidate will have an allotted time period with which to speak and/or answer questions.
Date of event: September 18, 2006. Time: begins at 5:30pm. Where: Advanced...
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In defense of Koehler and national health care
Today’s Word on the Street comes to the defense, sort of, of Dave Koehler, who is seeking the Democratic nomination to replace George Shadid in the Illinois Senate.
The column tries to refute the charge of Republican candidate Blair Gambill that Koehler is “too left” for the district:
And the column does a pretty good job,...
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GOP picks insurance seller to run for state senate spot
You can stick a fork in the idea that Aaron Schock will run for the Illinois State Senate. The GOP has hand-picked candidate.
Blair Gambill, 48, who owns an insurance company specializing in health plans for small businesses, is expected to announce his candidacy today.
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Gambill is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and...
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PollyPeoria: Pat Sullivan isn’t running
The anonymous Peoria blogger says that she got the info from a source at Kelleher’s, developer Pat Sullivan’s pub on the Riverfront. She speculated that Pat doesn’t want to run against retiring State Sen. George Shadid’s (D-46th District) handpicked replacement, Dave Koehler.
There may be some truth to that assessment.
Polly is wrong, however, in calling...
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Spears in the running
To the surprise of none, the muckety-mucks who run the Democratic Party have annointed Bill Spears as its chosen candidate top run against State Rep. Aaron Schock.
Of course, the final decision will be up to voters in the primary, but having the state party organization behind Spears makes it an almost certain-lock. Besides, Spears...
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The race is on to replace Sen. Shadid
UPDATE (5:22 a.m.) : The Journal Star’s Jennifer Davis reports that Dave Koehler is rumors to be Shadid’s pick to replace him. I wouldn’t be surprised if Shadid resign early and let the powers-that-be appoint Koehler.
WEEK is reporting that long-time State Sen. George Shadid plans to retire. That’s sad news for his fans,...
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Who’s in, who’s out in race to replace Schock
Word on the Street reports (item two) that Dan Silverthorn has joined Dave Koehler in bowing out of the Democratic Party’s cattle call for candidates to face State Rep. Aaron Schock. So who does that leave? There’s Mike Mason, a former Peoria County Board member who’s accused Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan of being...
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An opening salvo in the race to replace Schock
Dave Koehler, director of Peoria Area Labor Management, is one of four thinking about challenging State Rep. Aaron Schock. Tomorrow, the Journal Star will run a story telling everyone what a wonderful job PALM is doing.
Heh.
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‘Mayhem’ is actually good news for the Democrats
Today’s Word on the Street starts off with some reporting on which Democrats are lining up for the opportunity to face State Rep. Aaron Schock in the 92nd District.
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Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates The Blog Peoria Project, which promotes community-based citizen journalism in his hometown, Peoria IL. Call me at (309) 863-5748 and leave a message.
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