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CHICAGO– Illinois U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk is just one of several Republicans running in down-to-the-wire races, but unlike his compatriots is enjoying mixed support from his party's fundraising arms. The North Shore congressman has pulled into a narrow lead over Democratic Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias in the campaign's final week, according to the latest poll from the Chicago Tribune. But Kirk's three point lead falls within the poll's margin of error. Kirk has been left out in many fundraising conservative circles. The Senate Conservatives Fund has raised more than $5.4 million for candidates in the nation's most competitive senate races,...

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below, from Labno.... Mike Labno, Libertarian Candidate for US Senate (IL) Responds to Partial Senatorial Debate Organizes Protest of Debate OAK BROOK, IL - OCTOBER 27, 2010 The Mike Labno, Libertarian candidate for the US and Lex Green, Libertarian candidate for Illinois Governor, as well as Green Party and Independent candidates are being excluded from the WTTW "Chicago Tonight" candidate forums for Senator and Governor, tonight and tomorrow evenings, hosted by the City Club of Chicago. We believe that WTTW, as a public station, is in breach of it's statutory mandate regarding "strict adherence to objectivity and balance in all...

A mailer landing in Downstate mailboxes promotes Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Mike Labno as “the only pro-Life, pro-Gun candidate for U.S. Senate.” Only the mailer doesn’t appear to come from Labno’s campaign. A line on the flier claims it’s paid for by “Illinois Victory, a project of the Lake County Democratic Party.” State Sen. Terry Link (D-Vernon Hills) heads up the Lake County Democratic Party, which he said has no “Illinois Victory” project. Link said he had never heard of the mailer until told of it by the Sun-Times Tuesday night. Supporters of Democratic Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias have unofficially...

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ay 18, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Republican Illinois Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk said Tuesday he opposes Arizona's new immigration law, taking a stand contrary to the conservative wing of his party. Kirk's stand comes in the wake of the flap at Highland Park High School where the girls' basketball team was stopped from attending a tournament in Arizona. Even though Highland Park High School lies within his 10th Congressional District, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kirk held his first news conference Tuesday since the Arizona trip controversy erupted last week. Kirk believes student athletes should not be...

By Jonathan Weisman Illinois Democrats are using the long-shot candidacy of libertarian Mike Labno to peel off conservative voters in the southern end of the state from Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk. A flier obtained by Washington Wire appears to be a Labno promotion. The first page is a picture of Rep. Kirk, asking “Congressman Mark Kirk, not a conservative?” with a quote from Mr. Labno questioning Mr. Kirk’s political beliefs. The next panel touts “Conservative Mike Labno” as “the only pro-life, pro-gun candidate for U.S. Senate.” It then portrays Mr. Kirk as a tax hiker who voted for President...

Mike Labno didn't have to read the stock tables to feel disgust over the government's economic approach. Two years ago, Labno lost his job in construction around the same time lawmakers were approving a bailout for banks. The outrage Labno feltstarted him down the path to becoming the Libertarian Party's candidate for U.S. Senate. Labno bills himself as the only true conservative in the race and frequently casts digs at Republican nominee Mark Kirk, so much so that Democrat Alexi Giannoulias has actively boosted Labno's candidacy. Labno, a first-time political candidate from Oak Brook, said the bailout convinced him that...

Despite all efforts to convince principled voters that they must sacrifice their own convictions because so few will actually exercise theirs, some will stand up on November 2, 2010. The cynical party apparatus depends on apathy and voter laziness combined with the groupthink they nurture to corral voters into one of two cattle chutes. The arguments have merit, but are not necessarily convincing. The attempts to belittle and insult those who care are not hitting all their targets. Regardless of the efforts of and on behalf of the politically powerful, there is an alternative to the two worthless liberals presented...

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POLITICO just dropped a bombshell with a story Sunday evening about a leaked email written by Mark Kirk to his campaign manager Eric Elk on November 3, 2009. Full story: Kirk feared attack from right. POLITICO says the email came from a Democratic operative who in turn claims to have received it from “someone close to Kirk’s inner circle.” Could a certain “Svengali figure” be involved somehow? We just don’t know. In any case, the email and its instructions reflect some panic on Kirk’s part going into the campaign season for the February Primary. Kirk’s email was sent just a...

Stufflebeam Endorses Michael Labno

... The board of the ISRA Fed PAC finds it unfortunate that neither of the major political parties could field a suitable candidate for U.S. Senate. Democrat candidate Alexi Giannoulias is an entrenched member of the Daley/Obama Chicago Machine who has shown no indication that he is sensitive to the issues facing law-abiding hunters and sportsmen. Republican candidate Mark Kirk has a long standing history of open hostility towards lawful firearm owners. Kirk's most recent legislative attacks on firearm owners includes sponsorship of a federal law to ban semiautomatic rifles, pistols and shotguns and co-sponsorship of a federal law that...

Tune in to live Illinois US Senate debate tonight on V103 FM, 7:00-8:30 P.M. There will also be a live video feed @ http://www.v103.com/main.html V103 - Today's R&B & Old School - WVAZ-FM Chicago www.v103.com

Democratic operatives have apparently begun “push polling” in Illinois, trying to drive a wedge between conservative voters and Rep. Mark Kirk,... According to people who have heard it, the call talks up Libertarian candidate Mike Labno as the only true “pro-life” candidate in a race that also includes Democratic State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and Green Party candidate LeAlan Jones. It also referred to Kirk’s vote last year for Obama-backed legislation capping carbon emissions and setting up a system for polluters to trade greenhouse gas emissions credits. The poll “asked how likely are you to vote…for governor, if today who…for Senate,...

Even in Illinois we still have 2nd Amendment rights. This Saturday help send Mike Labno to Washington, and make sure you'll still be able to keep and bear arms in defense of yourself, your family, and your liberties. Come on out to: Maxon's shooting range, 1226 Rand Rd (between Golf Rd & Seegers Rd) Des Plaines, IL 60016 from 7-9:00 PM. Bring your handgun or long gun (but no black powder, please) and shoot as a guest of the Labno-for-Senator campaign. Maxon's can fix you up with ammo, and eye and ear protection, or bring your own. See you...

Alexander Giannoulias (D) 41 11% Mark Kirk (R) 229 63% LeAlan Jones (G) 4 1% Mike Labno (L) 90 25%