Duckworth to challenge Kirk for U.S. Senate

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Duckworth to challenge Kirk for U.S. Senate
Tammy Duckworth is running for Senate
Democratic Rep. Tammy Duckworth announced Monday that she will challenge Republican Sen. Mark Kirk for re-election in 2016.
By Katherine Skiba Chicago Tribune contact the reporter


Democratic Rep. Tammy Duckworth made it official Monday that she will challenge Republican Sen. Mark Kirk for re-election in 2016.

Duckworth, an Iraq War amputee and two-term congresswoman from Hoffman Estates, made the news public in a video released to supporters.

In the video, Duckworth calls herself the daughter of a Marine, a wife, a new mom and a combat veteran and highlights the financial struggles her family faced when she was growing up and getting through college.

"If you elect me Illinois senator, I will fight my heart out to represent you with honor and integrity," she said.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-tammy-duckworth-senate-mark-kirk-20150330-story.html

[City Lights]

1. This makes me very happy!

Kirk has to go!

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2. Same here!

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4. Go, Tammy! KNR

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6. It's great news!

[Robbins]

3. great news

If i lived in illinois instead of Mo I would vote for her.

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5. She's great! And I'm not even in her congressional district.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

7. That opens up her congressional seat for me!

Congresscritter Gidney N. Cloyd (D-IL 8th + DU)
My slogan: "He may be nuts but he's not Joe Walsh nuts"

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8. LOL.

I'd vote for you, but I'm in the wrong district.

[MerryBlooms]

10. lol, winning

[MerryBlooms]

9. She can win it!

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11. I think so, too.

[mopinko]

12. this statement from the article is patently false-

"Congresswoman Duckworth is a partisan politician who got her start in politics as a result of Rod Blagojevich's political maneuvers," said Andrea Bozek, a spokeswoman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee,

and calling kirk independent is the funniest thing i have read today.

she got her start when she met dick durbin while recovering at walter reed. he and rahm talked her into running for the 6th district congressional seat.
i highly, and i mean very highly, doubt that she was a party to ANY of blaggo's shenanigans for the seat at veteran's affairs. i presume that was durbin's doing. and obama's.

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14. Unfortunately, the Republicans will try to smear her because she served in the Blago admin.

Same as they tried (with more success) with Pat Quinn, even though they rarely spoke to each other.

[lewebley3]

13. Tammy will be running against the on of 47 Senate Traitors:

She should take a copy of Kirk's treason letter with her,
and show it to every Illinois voter.
I will vote and work for her. I have sent a little money to her!!

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15. Good for you!

[retired rooster]

16. Go Tammy Go

You go girl!

[valerief]

17. Great! nt