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Sixteen Senate hopefuls seek March 16 nods

Publication
Wilmette Life, 25 Dec 2003, News, p. 19, 20
Description
Creator
Patrick Corcoran
Media Type
Newspaper
Item Type
Articles
Notes
Candidates from both parties will vie for U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Peter Fitzgerald of Inverness. Seven Democrats include: Illinois Senator Barack Obama, D-13th of Chicago, a law professor; Gery Chico, the Chicago Board of Education President; Blair Hull, a proponant of allowing greater access to Canadian prescription drugs; Dan Hynes, the Illinois Comptroller; Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer; Joyce Washington, a hospital administrator; and Nancy Skinner, former talk show host on WLS-AM radio. Nine Republican candidates include: Steve Rauschenberger, R-22nd of Elgin; Andy McKenna a Glenview Republican and president of Schwarz Paper Company in Morton Grove since 1996; Jim Oberweis of Aurora who owns Oberweis Dairy ice creams stores; Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. John Borling of Rockford; Chirinjeev Kathuria, a physician who would the first Sikh ever elected to the U.S. Senate if he wins; Jonathan Wright, the only downstate Republican candidate; Jack Ryan, an educator and millionaire from Winnetka; Andy Martin, a Chicago public interest lawyer; and Norm Hill, an Army veteran and Grayslake resident

Date of Publication
25 Dec 2003
Personal Name(s)
Borling, John ; Chico, Gery ; Chirinjeev, Kathuria ; Fitzgerald, Peter ; Hill, Norman ; Hull, Blair ; Hynes, Daniel ; Martin, Andrew ; McKenna, Andrew ; Obama, Barak ; Oberweis, James ; Pappas, Maria ; Rauschenberger, Steve ; Ryan, Jack ; Skinner, Nancy ; Washington, Joyce ; Wright, Jonathan
Local identifier
Wilmette.News.124052
Language of Item
English
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