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As Democrats sweat GOP surge, politicians led by Biden fan out across Illinois in campaign season’s final weekend

CHICAGO — Politicians fanned out across the state on the final weekend of the 2022 general election campaign, led by President Joe Biden who spoke in Joliet on Saturday amid concerns that a Republican surge on Election Day could cost Democrats control of both Illinois’ political agenda and Congress.

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Even if there is a red wave in Illinois, in Senate race, Dem Duckworth holds lead over GOP’s Salvi

Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth heads to the Tuesday vote leading Republican Kathy Salvi in two key metrics, polls and fundraising.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man charged with making death threats against Republican candidate for governor in Illinois

The caller is facing felony charges for threatening a public official

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Pulse of the Heartland: South Shore voters hope Obama center brings change to believe in — but they take nothing for granted

South Shore was long seen as a “first-house neighborhood” for middle-class residents, and it saw one of its favorite daughters go to the White House as first lady. Residents now hope the nearby Obama Presidential Center will make it “an area where people want to move into.”

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Anti-Pritzker PAC tries to suppress the Black vote in Chicago, Biden plans visit to Illinois and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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North Side man charged with sending GOP gov hopeful Darren Bailey voicemail death threat: ‘I know where his kids sleep’

Illinois State Police say Scott Lennox left Republican Darren Bailey a voicemail threatening to “mutilate and kill” him. “This went above and beyond anything that is acceptable, even in the realms of political discourse,” Cook County Circuit Court Judge Susana Ortiz said. “It simply will not be…

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How anti-Pritzker PAC is trying to suppress the Black vote in Chicago

An anti-Pritzker PAC distributes signs and leaflets on the South and West sides aiming to keep Black voters from polls.

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After a tumultuous first term, Gov. J.B. Pritzker spends big and plays it safe in reelection bid

In late August, Gov. J.B. Pritzker, billionaire scion of one of America’s wealthiest families, sat at a folding table at City Hall in Christopher, a town of fewer than 3,000 people 300 miles south of his Gold Coast mansion.

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Darren Bailey’s uphill candidacy for farmers, cops and Illinoisans who feel ‘pushed aside’

DU QUOIN, Ill. — In his thick country drawl, Darren Bailey stood at a lectern clutching a microphone, trying to convince a crowd in his rural home base of southern Illinois that he speaks their language.

Chicago Tribune

Democrat-turned-independent Tulsi Gabbard backs Republican ‘man of the people’ Bailey as one of the ‘great American patriots’

Despite saying former President Donald Trump was “unfit to serve” as president in 2019, Gabbard is now campaigning for Trump-endorsed GOP gubernatorial candidates, including Bailey, Tudor Dixon in Michigan and Kari Lake in Arizona, as well as Nevada Senate candidate Adam Laxalt.

Chicago Sun-Times

State reports 65 new ‘mild’ cases of COVID-19 at LaSalle Veterans’ Home, site of deadly outbreak two years ago

The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs said 23 staff and 42 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Illinois Veterans’ Home at LaSalle. No one has required hospitalization.

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Pulse of the Heartland: Dolton voters lament missing pols, growing crime, empty storefronts: ‘It’s like a ghost town’

While the Sun-Times is finding complaints of absentee politicians commonplace this election season, Dolton residents said their community needs elected officials’ attention and help more than most places.

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Shadows of Trump’s false stolen election claims hang over Illinois GOP ‘election integrity’ efforts

CHICAGO — Hiring precinct election judges and poll watchers has traditionally been routine work for state political parties and candidates trying to ensure ballots are cast and counted properly leading up to Election Day.

Chicago Tribune

As Bailey seeks to weaken Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Black support, governor launches new ad with endorsement from Obama

CHICAGO — A new TV spot from Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker touts an endorsement from former President Barack Obama just as the governor’s opponents are seeking to weaken his support among Black voters.

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Extreme takeover? Pritzker and Bailey accuse one another of being an extremist who is dangerous for Illinois

It was the second and final debate between the two gubernatorial hopefuls Tuesday night, and both came prepared for combat, ready to dish it out — and not take any of the other’s jabs lying down.

Chicago Sun-Times

Where to watch Pritzker and Bailey gubernatorial debate

Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state Sen. Darren Bailey, the GOP nominee for governor, are set to face each other Tuesday night in their second televised gubernatorial debate.

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19 questions for candidates for Illinois governor: See who answered, and who didn’t

Pop quiz: Gov. J.B. Pritzker answers WBEZ/Sun-Times issues questionnaire, but Republican challenger Darren Bailey and Libertarian Scott Schluter take a pass.

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Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Illinois voters don’t want Pritzker or Biden to run for president – but they’d take either over Trump

Illinois voters aren’t as sour on President Joe Biden as other voters across the nation, but they are just as unenthusiastic about another four years of the Delaware Democrat as they are about Gov. J.B. Pritzker making a run for the White House.

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Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Pritzker’s ‘coattails’ pull other, lesser-known statewide Democrats along for the ride

Democrats hold strong leads in the races for Illinois secretary of state, attorney general, comptroller and treasurer, according to the poll. “Absolutely, I do think it’s a coattail effect with Gov. Pritzker,” one voter said.

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Sun-Times/WBEZ Poll: Downstate downfall? Bailey’s backyard showing fails to cut into Pritzker’s double-digit lead

Democrats Gov. J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth held commanding leads over their GOP challengers in the survey. And broken down by region, the results also reflected Republican Bailey’s downstate difficulties in the governor’s race.

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Dollars to doubters? Dick Uihlein kicks in millions to help elect Republicans who question 2020 election results

More than nine of every ten dollars mega donors Dick Uihlein and his wife Liz have contributed directly to congressional candidates running in the midterms have gone to Republicans who cast doubt on President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: We endorse J.B. Pritzker for Illinois governor

When he was elected governor of Illinois in 2018, J.B. Pritzker was blissfully unaware of the COVID-19 crisis that would dominate his first term. As anyone with a loved one in a retirement home knows, the state’s response was far from perfect, and history will judge that Illinois public schools…

Chicago Tribune

Ill. Republican governor nominee Darren Bailey joins — but doesn’t publicly acknowledge — Donald Trump Jr. at downstate event

MARION, Ill. — Stumping for votes in conservative southern Illinois, Republican governor hopeful Darren Bailey took the same stage as Donald Trump Jr. on Saturday night, with the former president’s son encouraging those in attendance to back Bailey while Bailey stuck to his campaign speech and didn’t publicly acknowledge the…

Chicago Sun-Times

Uihlein kicks in $13.9 million more to defeat Pritzker; $1 million to oppose union rights amendment

GOP mega donor Uihlein’s campaign cash is being used to oppose Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker — not promote Republican nominee Darren Bailey.

Chicago Sun-Times

To help migrants, social organizations need more support

So far, 19 buses carrying more than 1,400 people have arrived, and more are on the way. Social impact organizations have neither the excess capacity nor the resources to respond to this ongoing humanitarian need.

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