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Posts Tagged ‘18th District’

Politics: Callahan releases personal, campaign finance records

(Press release)
Colleen Callahan, Congressional candidate for the 18th District, today announced she is releasing her campaign financial disclosure forms and personal tax records for 2006 and 2007 and joins Green Party candidate Sheldon Schafer in his call for Republican Aaron Schock to follow suit.
“I have always said that complete transparency is something I strongly believe [...]

October 10, 2008 in Politics
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Politics: Schock toots his own horn (UPDATED)

Anyone see Aaron Schock’s very brief speech to the Republican National Convention? I did.

September 5, 2008 in Politics
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Politics: ‘Schock seeks center stage, shuns debate stage,’ Callahan says

(press release)
Schock seeks center stage, shuns debate stage
Aaron Schock’s last-minute invitation to speak at the Republican National Convention underscores a fundamental flaw in the young Republican’s candidacy. Schock has again proven he is more than eager to step up and into the national spotlight to bask in the toxic glow of eight years of [...]

September 3, 2008 in Politics
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Politics: Schock poll claims commanding lead

(Press release)
NEW POLL SHOWS AARON SCHOCK WITH HUGE LEAD IN RACE FOR CONGRESS
Schock towers over Callahan by 29 percentage points
(PEORIA) With just over two months to go in the race, a new poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies of Alexandria, Virginia on August 18-20th shows Aaron Schock leading Colleen Callahan by a [...]

August 28, 2008 in Politics
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Politics: Schock picks up Farm Bureau endorsements

(press release)
ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU ENDORSES AARON SCHOCK FOR CONGRESS
Key constituency in 18th District endorses Schock
Agriculture leaders support Schock’s “depth on the issues”
The Illinois Farm Bureau has voted to endorse Representative Aaron Schock’s candidacy for Congress in Illinois’ 18th District. Schock has earned the Farm Bureau endorsement over his opponents, Democratic Party nominee Colleen Callahan [...]

August 27, 2008 in Politics
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Politics: The word on Callahan’s chances is better than we are being led to believe

C.J. Summers beat me to the punch by commenting on Monday’s Word on the Street column. Karen McDonald points out that the national Democratic Party has not been as forthcoming with financial support to Colleen  Callahan as many would like. This is nothing new, in my opinion. As long as I’ve been cognizant of politics, [...]

July 28, 2008 in Uncategorized
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