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29th Senate District

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Morrison Defeats Friedman in Il 29th State Senate Race

Democrat Julie Morrison has won the race against Republican Arie Friedman with nearly 53 percent of the votes

UPDATED AT 9:52 P.M. Arie Friedman confirmed that he has conceded to Julie Morrison.  "Congrats to Julie," he said. "I have patients scheduled on Friday and I'm looking forward to seeing them." Candidate Percentage Total Vote Precincts Reporting Julie Morrison (D) 141 of 141 Arie Friedman (R) 141 of 141 UPDATED AT 9:20 P.M. With all but seven precincts reporting, Julie Morrison just told a room full of supporters she has won the 29th State Senate race.  "I am absolutely overwhelmed," she said. "Susan Garrett had the faith in me to ask me to run for her seat. I don't think there's a higher compliment in politics."  "I'm going to be that independent voice I talked about," she added. "It's a tremendous a challenge to go down to Morrison, but …

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Dold, Schneider Set for Only Live Debate

Candidates for 10th District seat will meet in forum at 1:30 p.m. today sponsored by the League of Women Voters, Patch and the Union League Club of Chicago.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Dold, Schneider Debate Sunday

Patch is a co-sponsor of the only live debate between Congressional candidate Brad Schneider and Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth). Candidates for General Assembly and Lake County Board will also participate.

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