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This son of Chicago Democratic royalty has been elected to three terms as Illinois Comptroller. In that job, he's the state's chief fiscal officer and is responsible for paying the bills. His father, Tom Hynes, served as the Cook County assessor and Illinois Senate president and on the Democratic National Committee. Dan Hynes was first elected in 1998 and re-elected in 2002 and 2006. In between, he unsuccessfully sought the 2004 Democratic nomination for United States Senate. Hynes finished second to a then-little known Barack Obama. In an interview during that contest, Hynes told the Chicago Tribune that he's never carried over a credit card balance from month to month. Hynes briefly consid...
This son of Chicago Democratic royalty has been elected to three terms as Illinois Comptroller. In that job, he's the state's chief fiscal officer and is responsible for paying the bills. His father, Tom Hynes, served as the Cook County assessor and Illinois Senate president and on the Democratic National Committee. Dan Hynes was first elected in 1998 and re-elected in 2002 and 2006. In between, he unsuccessfully sought the 2004 Democratic nomination for United States Senate. Hynes finished second to a then-little known Barack Obama. In an interview during that contest, Hynes told the Chicago Tribune that he's never carried over a credit card balance from month to month. Hynes briefly considered running for governor in the 2002 election. Before becoming comptroller at age 30, Dan Hynes was a health care attorney at a Chicago law firm. He went to the University of Notre Dame and Loyola University School of Law. He and his wife, Dr. Christina Kerger, have three boys, including twins. Hynes also has worked to promote stem cell research in Illinois.
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Old allies Rahm Emanuel and Rod Blagojevich in spotlight again
Rod Blagojevich and Rahm Emanuel were once very public allies, pushing prescription drug programs and school reform together as North Side Democrats whose careers were on the rise.
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Quinn's embattled prisons chief to leave for new job
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Tribune poll: Brady holds slim lead over Quinn
Clout StFrom the Sunday edition: Brady holds slim lead over Quinn Voters growing dissatisfied with governor but remain unsure about Republican rival By Rick Pearson, Tribune reporter 8:59 PM CDT, September 3, 2010 Voters don't know much about Republican... -
Anna Davlantes has her Fox News groove on
Change of SubjectAt about 2:55 in this video, relatively new NBC-5 import Anna Davlantes throws a big fat Fox News softball at Dan Proft: We continually hear the Tea Party representatives… saying, "We’re not fringe, we’re not on the outside, we’re not...... -
Shrouded in mystery? Sen. Bill Brady's cotton-candy budget plan is no secret
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Brady holds slim lead over Quinn
Voters don't know much about Republican governor candidate Bill Brady, but they prefer him by a slim margin over Gov. Pat Quinn, a Democrat they dislike, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows.
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Republican Brady leads Democrat Quinn in governor fundraising
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Brady's budget numbers don't add up
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Giannoulias and Kirk swing away in final Senate debate
Clout StUPDATE at 9:25 p.m. by Rick Pearson and Oscar Avila Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk acted amicably at the beginning and end of their last debate in the U.S. Senate campaign Wednesday, but filled the rest of the...... -
Emanuel hires Hynes' brother for mayoral run
Clout StPosted by John Chase at 10 p.m. A political strategist and brother of Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes is joining Rahm Emanuel’s campaign for mayor, an Emanuel campaign spokesman said today. Matt Hynes, a member of the politically powerful Hynes family...... -
Quinn predicts victory in governor race
Clout StPosted by Monique Garcia, Rick Pearson, David Heinzmann, Kristen Mack and David Kidwell at 6:30 p.m.; updated at 1:02 a.m. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn predicted victory early Wednesday as he clung to a narrow lead in the contest for governor,......
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