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Remember these two guys? Dave Koehler and George Shadid are the current and former State Senator from the 42nd District (which includes the 92nd State House district). But you wouldn’t know it from watching the race to replace Aaron Schock.
13 months ago, I went to Limestone High School to attend [...]

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Last night, I caught what I think is the very first negative ad from the Joan Krupa campaign, paid for by the Friends For Joan Krupa Committee. The ad noted Jehan Gordon’s shoplifting convictions and her having misrepresented her academic credentials. There’s nothing in the ad that isn’t true according [...]

I just received the following press advisory:
Joan Krupa to hold news conference to take opponent Jehan Gordon to task for trampling on the truth
Character becoming a central issue in campaign
(PEORIA) In recent press releases and mailings to voters, Jehan Gordon’s campaign has been spreading blatant falsehoods about Joan Krupa. The scope of [...]

(Press release)
Gordon Blasts Krupa for Living in a Glass House & Not Meeting her Own Attendance Standards
Candidate for State Representative Jehan Gordon (D-Peoria) condemned her Republican opponent Joan Krupa for releasing information she knew to be false in an attempt to purposely lie to the voters of the 92nd district. In Wednesday’s release Krupa claimed [...]

(Press release from the Joan Krupa campaign)
Joan Krupa holds news conference in front of Pleasant Hill School to discuss Jehan Gordon’s denial of an abysmal attendance record as a member of the school board and Gordon’s lying about canceling her participation in the Kiwanis debate on Wednesday
Krupa: “Jehan Gordon has sent out mailers [...]

(Press Release from the Krupa campaign)
JEHAN GORDON GETS A “F” FOR ATTENDANCE
Gordon a no show at two debates in two days but comes late to one in between
Jehan Gordon would be classified as a
CHRONIC TRUANT
if she were a student instead of a school board member on the Pleasant Hill School Board because [...]

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Krupa doesn’t mention her 92nd District State House opponent, Jehan Gordon, once.

(press release)
Candidate Forum Location Changed to Barrack’s Due to Flood Prediction
92nd and 106th District State Representatives Candidate Forum
Jehan Gordon/Joan Krupa
Keith Sommer
Date: September 17th, 2008
Time: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Location: (LOCATION CHANGE) Barrack’s Cater Inn, 1224 West Pioneer Parkway, Peoria
Click here to register for tomorrow’s 92nd and 106th District District State Representatives Candidate Forum!

From the Journal Star:

I am shocked, shocked I tell you, that there’s flooding in Spring Bay.
When Alicia Butler ran for re-election to the Peoria District 150 school board, the Journal Star could not write about her without mentioning the discrepancies between what the degrees she claimed to have, and what they were being told by [...]

(press release)
Peoria, IL (Sept. 4, 2008) – Candidates in four hotly contested races will discuss issues important to voters in the Illinois Heartland. Don’t miss your chance to hear them battle it out over local topics including crime and the area economy as well as national issues concerning trade, domestic energy production and foreign [...]