State Sen. Darin LaHood won the GOP nomination Tuesday in the race to replace disgraced ex-U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock, defeating an anti-establishment conservative writer in a heavily Republican swath of central Illinois.
As the days quickly count down to primary Election Day in the Illinois special election to replace disgraced 18th District congressman Aaron Schock, establishment candidate Darin LaHood’s team has been floating a push poll filled with lies about his opponent, conservative candidate Mike Flynn.
Word is quickly spreading through the Illinois 18th District that establishment candidate Darin LaHood is flush with lobbyist cash and that the special election to replace disgraced Rep. Aaron Schock is quickly becoming a race between LaHood’s big money K Street donors and grassroots Tea Party favorite Mike Flynn.
From National Journal: Mike Flynn has published about a million and a half words on politics and policy. Now, he’s trying to put them into practice. Last month, Flynn, an editor for the conservative Breitbart News, announced his bid for
Establishment Republican Darin LaHood is running to replace disgraced Congressman Aaron Schock in the Illinois 18th District special election and is claiming to be an “outsider” and a “conservative.” However, his donation filings show he has taken in up to $3,500 from the liberal, Clinton-linked lobbyist organization, the Podesta Group.
Mike Flynn, a candidate for the 18th District special election to fill the seat vacated by the disgraced Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock, has released his first TV commercial painting his opponent, establishment Republican Darin LaHood, as a “fat cat.”
Illinois establishment Republican candidate Darin LaHood is being accused of making behind-the-scenes crony capitalist deals, attempting to mask his moderate voting record, refusing to debate a legitimate opponent, and trying to cajole voters to vote before they have even heard what the candidates stand for in the 18th District special election set to replace now disgraced establishment Republican Aaron Schock.
Whatever LaHood’s polls show, the race between the two now seems to be heating up with the dirty tricksters hitting targeting Flynn this week. Take the recent “endorsement” from a fake gay group that was deployed to upset Illinois social conservatives, for instance.
Founding member of Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com and longtime conservative activist Mike Flynn is running for Congress in the now-vacated 18th Congressional District seat in Illinois.
Candidates in Illinois are jockeying for the position to replace now-resigned Congressman Aaron Schock in the Illinois 18th Congressional District. But one candidate, whose family is firmly entrenched in the Illinois GOP establishment, has a history of incompetence and, at least once, revealed anti-gun sentiments.
Even as Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock gave his final speech from the floor of the House of Representatives on Thursday, it seems he broke two more rules in his last voting day as a member of Congress.
The Justice Department has launched a formal criminal investigation into the office and campaign expenses of resigning Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock, as well as his personal business dealings with political donors, a person familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Friday.
Mike Flynn–an author and, for several years, editor at Breitbart News–has been receiving calls about possibly running to replace disgraced GOP congressman Aaron Schock in Illinois’s 18th district.
Illinois state Sen. Darin LaHood has announced his candidacy for U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock’s soon-to-be-vacant congressional seat.
The investigation into what many feel is questionable spending by Illinois Representative Aaron Schock is growing. The inquiry has now grown to the point where some of the Republican’s associates are being contacted by congressional investigators.
As questions rise over his use of tax dollars for trips, concerts, and office re-decorating, Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock has said that he “hopes” he didn’t break any laws.
Embattled Republican Congressman Aaron Schock and four other Illinois Republicans are again making the call for “comprehensive” immigration reform saying that an amnesty-like “path to citizenship” is the only way forward.
Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) is again accused of using tax dollars for personal travel, this time to a November Bears Game in Chicago.
Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) is in hot water again, as USA Today reports that he used private aircraft instead of commercial flights while paying with taxpayer money and campaign funds.
Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock’s week just got a little worse after one of his staffers was forced to resign for a series of posts over several years on his Facebook account comparing African-Americans to “zoo animals” engaged in a “mating ritual” and attacking them as “hood rats.”
I have great respect for those who have risked their lives and fought for our country. Our veterans deserve the absolute best. That’s why I was shocked to find out that the Ryan-Murray Budget–that incumbent Congresswoman Cheri Bustos voted for
In response to a question at a town hall event this week, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) suggested that a majority of House Republicans support granting amnesty through a GOP version of the DREAM Act to young illegal aliens who were
During Tuesday’s congressional hearing on groups targeted by the IRS, Rep. Aaron Schock demolished the arguments being made Democrats in two bold strokes. Democrats in the hearing argued that scrutiny is appropriate for any group engaged in political activity and
At the House Ways and Means Committee hearing, this morning, Republicans struggled in vain to get former IRS Commissioner Steven Miller to condemn any of the egregious activities of his agency. And he wouldn’t agree that they were “targeting” any
Rep. Aaron Schock (R-IL) hopes to portray his vote in favor of the fiscal cliff deal passed in the early days of 2013 as a tax cut instead of a tax hike. Schock is considering a run for Illinois governor
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The Hill: Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) told MSNBC that what members of his party are calling the “Commitment with America,” an updated version of the document that helped
So Rocco Landesman is the new chairman of the NEA. The gregarious and outspoken producer and theatre executive has long been known for his bold risk-taking, his penchant for publicity and his leftward lean. As it is no big surprise