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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