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...— U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk was in intensive care Monday after undergoing surgery to relieve swelling on his brain from a stroke that doctors said likely would make it "very difficult" for him to regain movement in his left arm and could result in facial paralysis....
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Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/sen-mark-kirk-suffers-1313640.html
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...KIRK'S VERACITY BACK IN THE NEWS.... The good news for Rep. Mark Kirk, the Republican Senate hopeful in Illinois, is that he's gone a few months weeks without new revelations surrounding his exaggerated record and background. The bad news is, there's a new...
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Washington Monthly
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_10/026178.php
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CHICAGO (AP) ―
Republican Rep. Mark Kirk said Thursday that he hopes Congress will act to protect federal funding for stem cell research, an unpopular position with some conservatives but one that could win him support from moderate voters in
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CBS2 Chicago
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...running for Senate, he's changed his tune and is refusing to debate his opponents. "The flip-flops just keep piling up for Mark Kirk, who seems utterly incapable of taking a position and sticking with it," said Kathleen Strand, Senior Advisor to the Democratic...
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Chicago Sun-Times
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2010/01/dscc_slams_kirk_for_not_appear.html
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...of Obama Based on how your last endorsement has turned out for the country, why don't you just sit this one out? Mark Kirk is no conservative, he is a republican that wants to make a name for himself by being a "manager" of a bloated federal government...
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Chicago Tribune
http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/views/~3/43ShsSaZlTc/chi-100111us-senate-repub-endorsement,0,2602324.story
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...candidate who has run second in financing. CQ had a piece today jokingly suggesting that Andy Martin could be an agent of Mark Kirk -- by releasing radicals throwing out wild accusations "they suck up what little media oxygen is in the room" away from...
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American Spectator
http://spectator.org/blog/2010/01/07/frumforum-props-up-mark-kirk-i
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...the major leaders of the Taliban opposition in Afghanistan are former Guantanamo prisoners who have been released, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said Thursday. That is among the things the U.S. Naval Reserve Intelligence officer learned on his holiday deployment...
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Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1979102,mark-kirk-afghanistan-thomson-010710.article
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2009-12-29 09:35:03 -
corruption in the Illinois Republican Party
NEWS FROM:
ANDY MARTIN /2010
“The Name You Can Trust”
Republican for U. S. Senator
30 E. Huron Street, Suite 4406
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/jim-demint-wannabe-candidate-for-u-r1646750.htm
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...GOP officials are denouncing a radio ad by Republican Senate candidate Andy Martin that raised questions about U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk's sexual orientation. In the radio ad on WBBM 780-AM and WGN 720-AM Monday, Martin quotes Family Taxpayers Foundation president...
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Daily Herald
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=347138
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...sworn off earmarks since 2008, joining most of his party leaders in the House. "There so far doesn't appear to be anything that Mark Kirk has stood for," including earmarks, gay rights and cap-and-trade, said Schakowsky. "I think he's pandering for votes to...
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Real Clear Politics
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2009/12/dems_slam_kirk_for_earmark_hypocrisy.html
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...(cell not always on) E-MAIL: AndyMart20@aol.com © Copyright by Andy Martin 2009. U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says Mark Kirk is a disgrace to the U. S. Navy and to the United States of America Martin says Kirkâs latest âpollâ is an act of infamy to...
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/andy-martin-calls-mark-kirk-a-r1623104.htm
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...On FrumForum today, writer Jeb Golinkin describes Senate candidate Mark Kirk's opposition to the transferring of Gitmo prisoners to Thomson Illinois Correctional Facility as "hard line." The Chicago media have voiced objections to Kirk's position, using...
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American Spectator
http://spectator.org/blog/2009/12/03/mark-kirks-lead-seems-safe
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...KIRK'S DESCENT CONTINUES.... It's tempting to think Rep. Mark Kirk (R), running for the Senate in a traditionally "blue" state, would be careful about shifting too far to the right. Sure, he has a primary, but Kirk is expected to win the Republican nomination...
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Political Animal
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_11/021219.php
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...-- Rep. Mark Kirk, who casts himself as a moderate, on Monday dodged questions about whether he wanted help from conservative former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in his race for Senate -- only to have the truth surface Wednesday. He is indeed soliciting her support...
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Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1866640,CST-NWS-sweet05.article
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Here’s another indicator of the challenges of navigating GOP primary politics: The leading GOP Senate candidate in blue Illinois, Obama’s home state, is running an ad against Obamacare, attacking it in harsh terms as he fends off a challenge from his
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The Plum Line - Who Runs Gov
http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/campaigns/gop-senate-candidate-running-ad-against-obamacare-in-obamas-home-state/
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Rasmussen's second look at the Illinois Senate race finds a deadlock, with 41 each for Rep. Mark Kirk and state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias. That's a slight improvement from August, where Kirk had a 3-point lead against the backdrop of the summer of
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Swing State Project
http://www.swingstateproject.com/diary/5755/ilsen-tie-between-kirk-and-giannoulias
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I am not a Mark Kirk fan. For me he is, and always has been, far too “moderate” on social issues and his now (maybe) retracted Cap and Tax vote sticks in my craw pretty badly. But Steve Benen of the Washington Monthly blog Political Animal, unfairly
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Stop The ACLU
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Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) holds a seven-point lead over Alexi Giannoulias (D) and a wide lead over GOP primary opponents in his Senate campaign, according to automated polling conducted for Kirk's campaign.
Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) holds a seven-point
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/12/mark-kirk-campaign-poll-h_n_318026.html
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Hughes said a majority of that money is self-financed, though he declined to say how much. He will report about $340,000 cash on hand.
Hughes’s totals pale in comparison to a couple of self-funders on the Democratic side, who have reported around $
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The Hill
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/62089-candidates-show-their-own-money-in-illinois-senate-race
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On the heals of a congressional vote to de-fund ACORN, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is calling on the U.S. Census to sever all ties to Illinois' largest union, the Service Employees International Union, because that union, Kirk says, is too close to
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Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/1795110,kirk-sever-ties-seiu-acorn-092809.article
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"Just weeks after the Qaddafi family celebrated the return of a terrorist responsible for the murders of 189 Americans, the U.S. taxpayer should not be asked to reward them with $400,000," Kirk said in a statement.
A bipartisan group of House
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The Hill
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/60437-bipartisan-house-group-wants-funding-kept-away-from-gadhafi-foundations
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...raised ... Kirk for Senate? njdc.org 7/8/2009 — The Washington Post and other news outlets are reporting that Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) will run for the Illinois Senate seat currently held by Senator Roland Burris (D-IL). Kirk is good on some issues, not so...
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Beltway Blips
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"If most of the top Republicans in Washington supported Kirk's Senate bid would that encourage you to vote for or against Mark Kirk?"
There are chinks in Mark Kirk's conservative armor, but are there enough to keep the Republican Congressman from
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/22/mark-kirks-support-shaky_n_295308.html
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2009-09-12 04:47:41 - Andy Martin charges that Dan Cronin’s “healthcare rally” Saturday, September 12th is nothing more than a political event designed to defraud DuPage Republicans into supporting ultra-liberal Mark Kirk
heard that
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/dupage-county-leader-dan-cronin-slammed-r1477308.htm
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2009-09-08 09:54:55 - Martin says Kirk faces a “condom conundrum,” and that the “condom commando” controversy generated by Kirk’s law firm is further evidence of Kirk’s flawed campaign strategy. Martin says that Kirk knows nothing about downstate
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According to the opening main statement, the blog is set up to reveal Kirk’s “departure from the GOP’s state and national platforms.”
This blog is a response to US Rep. Mark Kirk’s bid for the US Senate seat from Illinois. It will reveal Mark Kirk’s
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Stop The ACLU
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/stoptheaclu/cxLr/~3/7MH4UKzuWZM/
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2009-09-04 16:38:52 - Martin will tell a Chicago news conference that Mark Kirk is a patsy for Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel. Kirk is afraid to condemn Obama’s attempt to brainwash America’s schoolchildren with bogus “letters to ‘the president.’”
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/chicago-news-conference-andy-martin-slams-r1467351.htm
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2009-09-04 02:42:06 - Andy Martin tells a Chicago news conference that Mark Kirk is engaging in corrupt “pay to play” politics, of the type currently being prosecuted in federal court. Martin says Kirk comes “cloaked with the appearance and aroma of
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/illinois-republicans-asked-to-return-crooked-r1466618.htm
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Illinois Congressman Mark Kirk's face is pictured on a condom wrapper in a new ad.
No, he's not selling condoms.
Part of the ad reads, "Kirk's Immigration Solution...Condoms?"
The congressman is being attacked by an organization critical of his stance
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ChicagoNow
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicanisima/2009/09/congressman-condoms-and-politics.html
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2009-09-03 10:08:11 - Martin asks Illinois State Chairman Pat Brady to return Kirk’s “tainted” $50,000, says the appearance of a conflict of interest is overwhelming
People of Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312
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PR-Inside.com
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An Illinois immigrant rights group plans Thursday to launch an ad campaign in Spanish language media to try to discredit U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk for a remark he made two years ago endorsing birth control in Mexico as a partial solution to illegal
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Chicago Sun-Times
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2009-08-29 19:02:21 - Martin says McCain’s Sunday endorsement of Mark Kirk is an act of infamy that will lead to McCain’s defeat by Arizonans in 2010. “McCain is not all there,” Martin says. “Or if he is all there, there is no ‘there,’ there.’ McCain
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PR-Inside.com
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2009-08-23 14:16:26 - Andy Martin says there should be a “housecleaning” at Republican Party headquarters. Martin says illicit Republican Party support for Mark Kirk has created a toxic situation that will lead the entire ticket to defeat in November,
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/illinois-republican-chairman-pat-brady-r1448612.htm
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2009-08-22 18:11:14 - Martin says Kirk’s “town hall meeting” August 24th may turn into an armed camp as anti-Kirk protesters are excluded; arrests possible.
Illinois”
Suite 4406
30 E. Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60611-4723
(312) 440-4124
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PR-Inside.com
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2009-08-22 03:15:07 - Blogs are ablaze with an Illinois judge’s criticism of Illinois lawyers for violating an agreement to allow U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin to speak at the Illinois State Fair.
A SANGAMON COUNTY CIRCUIT JUDGE’S
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/law-professor-andy-martin-files-a-r1448138.htm
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2009-08-19 03:02:23 - Republican U. S. senate candidate Andy Martin is organizing two days of peaceful demonstrations against his opponent, “Infanticide Congressman” Mark Kirk. “We will have a Green Beret-style ‘fighting camp’ to welcome home
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/illinois-conservatives-will-have-a-r1443168.htm
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2009-08-16 08:05:19 - During the course of a political campaign, candidates receive nasty comments from a variety of people; abuse comes with the territory. Illinois Republican Andy Martin received an abusive e-mail from Eric Hall, the Republican
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/u-s-senate-candidate-andy-martin-r1438505.htm
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2009-08-12 05:24:42 - Illinois U. S. Senate candidate Andy Martin says the Republican National Committee must clamp down on corrupt practices by Illinois Republicans. Martin may file a lawsuit if the abuses do not end immediately. (two separate
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/andy-martin-fights-corrupt-politics-in-r1432718.htm
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...Representative Ron Kirk said on Tuesday. Click here for full story NEW YORK -- Mark-Paul Gosselaar (GAHS'-uh-lur) and Justin Kirk will join the already announced Julie White in "The Understudy," a comedy about one of the most underappreciated jobs in theater. Artistic...
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/AP/story/1173164.html
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2009-08-04 09:56:32 - Kirk plans to attend a $500 reception at Peninsula Hotel to open his petitioning campaign (petitioning begins August 4th); Martin says Kirk has been “bought and sold over and over again.”
AT THE PENINSULA HOTEL
(CHICAGO)(
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/andy-martin-set-to-picket-mark-r1420980.htm
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"One of the messages I had [in my meeting with Chinese leaders] -- because we need to build trust and confidence in our number one creditor," said Kirk, "is that the budget numbers that the US government had put forward should not be believed. The
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Huffington Post
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/senate-guru/mark-kirk-and-the-terribl_b_250258.html
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2009-08-03 02:10:14 - Andy Martin threatens corrupt Republican leader Tolbert Chisum with a lawsuit over a fraudulent “endorsement” of Mark Kirk.
abuse of www.NTRO.org web site and organization
LEGAL NOTICE
Dear Tolbert:
It seems that like a
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PR-Inside.com
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Rep. Mark Kirk's tweets raised questions from the military.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Rep. Mark Kirk, a Republican who represents the northern suburbs of Chicago and is running for Senate, also happens to be a Navy Reservist.
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/do_quick_tweets_sink_ships/
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Two days after telling those around him that he would run for Senate, Rep. Mark Kirk’s (R-Ill.) candidacy is no longer a foregone conclusion. The confusion caps a whirlwind week in which things appeared to be getting better and better for ...
Kirk
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Beltway Blips
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/story/updated_x1_should_campaign_have_posted_while_candidate/
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2009-07-29 08:23:12 - Martin says Kirk is Barack Obama’s “favorite Republican.” If Kirk is Obama’s favorite, Martin says he is Obama’s “least favorite” GOPer. Martin and Kirk are candidates in the 2010 Republican U. S. Senate primary in Illinois.
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PR-Inside.com
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2009-07-23 08:20:42 - Congressman Mark Kirk began his quest for the U. S. Senate by releasing a bogus list of campaign endorsers. What was he thinking? In Part One of the continuing saga of “Kirkie Boy,” U.S. Senate candidate [and Kirk opponent] Andy
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PR-Inside.com
http://www.pr-inside.com/mark-kirk-becomes-the-laughingstock-of-r1403683.htm
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2009-07-22 00:40:11 - In an explosive exposé, Internet powerhouse Andy Martin reveals Congressman Mark Kirk has falsely claimed to be a “combat veteran” in “two armies.” Martin exposes Kirk as a “Walter Mitty warrior,” who is the latest descendent of
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PR-Inside.com
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When you think of Kenilworth you probably think of mansions near the lake. U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk's boyhood home isn't like that.
It's a fairly modest, two-story frame house with wood siding painted yellow, white trim and green shutters that don't shut.
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Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/1676267,CST-NWS-brown21.article
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SPRINGFIELD - Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk said Monday he wants to run for U.S. Senate and make Illinois' questionable ethical reputation a cornerstone of his campaign.
Kirk announced his intentions to run for the seat now held by Sen. Roland Burris
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The Southern Illinoisan
http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2009/07/20/front_page/29202377.txt
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www.youtube.com — Now that he's running for Senate, GOP Rep. Mark Kirk is trying to convince voters that he's transformed into a moderate. But his record says otherwise.
Mark Kirk Slammed By Giannoulias, Democrats After Entering Senate Race
The
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Beltway Blips
http://beltway.blips.com/video/transformer/
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