Illinois primary election held for governor, US Senate races

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Quinn, McKenna hold thin leads in governor’s race – Chicago Daily Herald
Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes headed into Tuesday. Early statewide results reflected that as well. With just 16 percent of the unofficial vote in, …

Looks like Preckwinkle wins; Quinn, McKenna, Alexi ahead – Crain’s Chicago Business (blog)
In the Democratic contest for governor, Pat Quinn is winning the city 124235 to 104627, but trailing very narrowly in suburban Cook. …

Quinn, Giannoulias, McKenna hold slim statewide leads – Crain’s Chicago Business (blog)
On the Democratic side, Gov. Pat Quinn had 302083 to 281424 for Comptroller Dan Hynes. None of the above are, as of yet, claiming victory.

Quinn says he’s cut all the frills from state government – Chicago Tribune (blog)
Pat Quinn said today he's cut all the frills out of state government but more tax money is needed to fund essential services. …

If Quinn loses, Illinois gets lame duck for a year – Chicago Tribune
Pat Quinn loses the Democratic primary on Tuesday, it will be more than just a stinging political defeat for him. Illinois would be stuck with a lame duck …

Five reasons to vote for Pat Quinn – Chicago Tribune (blog)
I'm not impressed with Hynes, either, but Quinn failed to walk the talk. It's almost like he's at lame duck status even before being elected. …

Voter turnout is low – WBBM780
On the Democratic side, incumbent Pat Quinn is up against Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes. Quinn has emphasized a goal of putting people back to work, …

Wine, cheese and tension at Gov. Quinn’s election-night gathering – St. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog)
Pat Quinn will learn his political fate within a few hours, or maybe less, depending on how quickly the state's primary votes are counted. …

Quinn, Daley laud Ford jobs – Chicago Tribune (blog)
Pat Quinn today credited the 1200 new jobs at a Ford assembly plant in Chicago to an automotive tax credit program he signed into law late last year. …

Twitter Activity Snapshot

Enjoying watching Pat Quinn’s lead dwindle… 50.7%, 50.5%, now 50.3%… keep going!!
Watching the live election coverage, I hope Kirk Dillard wins for the Repub. and Pat Quinn for the Dem. and that Kirk wins all together!
Crossing my fingers that Pat Quinn will not be the democratic nominee for governor in Illinois.
Pat Quinn For Governor Illinois Election Results LIVE VIDEO May Favor Dan Hynes – Before It’s News http://bit.ly/abvdMB
@_gelsomino Except Pat Quinn bag skates your boys. Hitch will have an optional skate tomorrow and no one will show up. Ugh.
Looks like I’ll be going Republican in November, especially if Pat Quinn wins the Democratic nomination for Governor.
if pat quinn wins i will shoot a small child in the foot.
RT @SteveGrzanich: Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes are in a dead heat…only 1% apart. Several thousand votes separate them.
Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes are in a dead heat…only 1% apart. Several thousand votes separate them.
RT @kenrudin: 82% of the vote counted in Illinois: Gov. Pat Quinn leads Dan Hynes in Dem primary by just 8,000+ votes out of 740,000 cast. Nailbiter.
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@wyethwire Is Pat Quinn the Avatar of this field–

Pat Quinn: Recent News

Pat Quinn, Dan Hynes In Dead Heat In Governor Primary; Quinn Launches Racial Attacks
Governor Pat Quinn accused challenger Dan Hynes of stoking racial tensions Saturday, as new polling shows the race in a statistical dead heat. The attack comes as a new Tribune/WGN poll gives Quinn only a 44-40 lead in the race, with 13 percent of voters undecided. With a four-point margin of error in the poll, this means the candidates are essentially tied. Additionally, sources close to Democratic senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias said that their internal polling shows Quinn at 46-44. The race has been heating up in recent weeks, as both candidates have brought a little animus to their advertising with election day closing in. Dan Hynes released a campaign ad featuring former Chicago mayor Harold Washington upbraiding Quinn for his failures as Washington’s revenue director. In it, Washington calls hiring Quinn he “greatest mistake in government.” In response, Quinn attacked Hynes for his handling of the Burr Oak Cemetery crisis, over which his office had some administrative oversight during his tenure as comptroller. Now, Quinn is claiming that Hynes is trying to “sow the seeds of racial divide” with his Washington ad. He went after Hynes on Friday at a predominantly black church on the South Side of Chicago, and again on Saturday at a meeting of the PUSH coalition. “We will not let those who would divide go back to those ugly times,” Quinn said.

Dan Hynes Slams Pat Quinn: New Ad Shows Harold Washington Saying Quinn Is ‘Greatest Mistake’
Dan Hynes has released a new ad, featuring nearly a full minute of monologue by former Chicago mayor Harold Washington. In it, Washington describes his firing of now-Governor Pat Quinn from his post as the city’s revenue director. “Pat Quinn is a totally and completely undisciplined individual,” Washington says, “who thinks this government is nothing but a large easel on which he can do his P.R. work.” Washington goes on to describe his dissatisfaction with Quinn’s work in the role, saying that Quinn was like “a bull in a closet.” The ad comes less than two weeks before the primary elections, in which Pat Quinn and Dan Hynes are in a closely contested race for the Democratic nomination for Governor. Recent internal polling showed Quinn dropping below 50% for the first time in the race, and Hynes has stepped up the heat in recent weeks. Hynes also appears to have a significant fundraising edge of more than $1 million. Quinn had been suffering the political consequences of a controversial program that released a number of violent inmates from prison early in order to meet budget cutbacks.

Dan Hynes, Pat Quinn Debate: Governor’s Race Gets Personal As Both Charge Incompetence
It was an hour of policy battles and ugly attacks on WTTW, as Governor Pat Quinn and challenger Dan Hynes met for a “candidate forum” on Chicago Tonight at 7pm on Monday. Burr Oak, prisoner release, pensions, race and video gambling were only a few of the flashpoints in the contentious and often uncomfortably personal debate, in which each candidate challenged the other’s competence at his job. Moderator Carol Marin went straight at these touchy subjects. Her first question was for Gov. Quinn, asking for his response to Dan Hynes’s recent ad showing ex-Mayor Harold Washington calling Quinn his “greatest mistake in government.” Quinn stuck to his line on the ad, saying Hynes was playing on divisive racial politics. He also added the intimation that he left his job as revenue director because members of the Washington administration had asked him to break the law. Up next was Hynes on Burr Oak, the cemetery where thousands of bodies were disturbed in a grotesque money-making scheme. The comptroller said that handling cemetery complaints is only a small part of his office’s job.

Pat Quinn Attacks Dan Hynes For Burr Oak Cemetery Handling
In response to a recent attack ad by rival Dan Hynes, the campaign of Governor Pat Quinn has released a 30-second spot hitting Hynes for his handling of the Burr Oak cemetery debacle. In the ad, Quinn alleges that while Hynes was serving in his present capacity as comptroller, his office “ignored 22 complaints” about the cemetery, where hundreds of bodies were unearthed and dismembered in an elaborate scam. He also says the office’s burial fund lost $100 million. The ad comes as the governor’s race tightens, and gets nastier, less than two weeks before the primary elections that will determine the Democratic nominee. Watch the ad:.

Dan Hynes Leads Gov. Pat Quinn By $1M In Governor’s Race
“We believe we have every resource we need, including money, to win this race,” Quinn spokeswoman Elizabeth Austin said. Through the end of last year, Hynes was expected to report between $2.9 million and $3 million in cash on hand, roughly double the $1.49 million Quinn reported, Hynes campaign spokesman Matt McGrath said..

John Edwards Admits Paternity Of Quinn
RALEIGH, N.C. — Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has finally come forward to admit that he fathered a child with a videographer he hired before his second White House bid. “It was wrong for me to ever deny she was my daughter,” he said Thursday. Edwards confirmed this in a statement released to The Associated Press, after initially denying that he’d fathered a child during an affair with campaign aide Rielle Hunter. “I am Quinn’s father,” the former senator declared in his statement, as the second birthday of Frances Quinn Hunter approaches. A former Edwards aide, Andrew Young, initially claimed paternity of the child shortly before the 2008 presidential primary contests began. Young is scheduled to release a book on Feb. 2 that details the scandal Frances was born Feb. 27, 2008, indicating that the child was conceived in the middle of 2007, several months after Hunter stopped working for Edwards.

News Activity for Pat Quinn

Pat Quinn fundraising – chicagotribune.com
Years after Senate race loss, Quinn keeps interest alive by collecting interest on his loans http://bit.ly/cOva2l

Pat Quinn, Todd Stroger in tough spot: Incumbents trying to fend off charges from challengers – chicagotribune.com
Democratic incumbents in unusual spot: Gov. Pat… http://bit.ly/dxWj4P

The Good Old Days: What If Pat Quinn Never Left The Toronto Maple Leafs– | Bleacher Report
What if–That’s the question so often asked in the world of sports these days, and more especially, in the world of the Toronto Maple Leafs.Ever since the last Stanley Cup victory in 1967, the loyal fans of the Leafs have been asking that question with only a shoulder shrug in response. There is really nothing anyone can do about what could have been. The past is the past, but there are plenty…