Category Archives: IL - 13th Congressional District

Unconventional Wisdom - Scott Harper’s 13th Congressional Strategy

It is a political campaign maxim, particularly for non-incumbents, that campaigns must jealously focus on their own race to win - and that any ‘distraction’ from their campaign comes at great or even unbearable cost. While examples may exist, how often have you heard of an underdog congressional campaign taking their volunteers to canvass […]

IL-13 Democrat Scott Harper Sends Volunteers To Obama In Indiana

From the Scott Harper for Congress Campaign:
“On Saturday, 38 volunteers from Scott Harper’s campaign traveled to Lafayette, Indiana to help get the vote out for Barack Obama. We left from Bolingbrook at the early hour of 6:00 AM on Saturday and spent the day canvassing Lafayette, which is right near Purdue University. Scott […]

Scott Harper Sets Fundraising Record In IL-13

Congratulations Scott!
From the Scott Harper Campaign:
“Harper shatters fundraising marks, reports record filing
Democrat’s strong showing adds IL-13 to DCCC target watch list
Naperville – Scott Harper, the Democratic candidate for Congress in the 13th district, today filed his first-quarter fundraising report with the Federal Elections Commission, shattering every significant fundraising record ever held here by a Democratic […]

All Of DuPage County Target For Congressional Dems - Amazing!

[Hat tip Josh Kalven for the great news about Scott Harper]
Elected just last month in the 14th Congressional District, Bill Foster is the first Democratic congressman in the district since Democrat Chester C. Thompson was defeated in 1938 (DuPage was then represented in the 11th District - by Republicans). While the district boundaries have […]

Weekend Dem Dates - A Weekend DEMonstrably Two Good!

Grab a Dem (or two) and go!
Saturday, March 29th
10:05 AM - Catch Congressman Bill Foster’s Democratic Radio Address on the economy on major networks including including AP, ABC, NPR, CBS Radio, CNN Radio, Fox News Radio, and C-SPAN - check your local listings. You can catch it a second time including transcript here […]

Wish Jill Morgenthaler A Happy Birthday At Her New Office!

Wish Democrat Jill Morgenthaler a Happy Birthday at her new office this Sunday, March 30th from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. I know, not sure what to get her? Sometimes a donation of money to a favorite cause is just the right thing. In this case, Jill would love you to donate what […]

Democrat Scott Harper Gets AFL-CIO Endorsement In IL-13

Today the AFL-CIO endorsed Democrat Scott Harper in the 13th Congressional race. Scott will have some great news to share at his Chicago fundraiser this Friday - join him in the celebration!

Saying No To Tax Relief - Biggert, Roskam, Kirk, Manzullo And Other IL-GOP Congressmen On AMT

H.R. 3996 is a temporary tax relief bill to prevent the AMT (alternative minimum tax), originally created to make the wealthy pay minimum taxes, from taxing middle class taxpayers at higher rates by getting rid of deductions. michael from chicago has a long piece describing the ins and outs of the AMT legislation and […]

Illinois 13th Congressional District Race - Four Vie For Spot

Hinsdale Republican Congresswoman Judy Biggert has often faced challenges from her right - from first winning Congressman Harris Fawell’s old seat by defeating district hopper and now congressman Peter Roskam in the 1998 GOP primary, to twice defeating the highly social conservative Naperville resident Bob Hart in 2004 (write-in) and in the 2006 primary (for […]

Democrat Scott Harper Opens Naperville Campaign Office For 13th District Race

The Scott Harper for Congress Campaign Headquarters opened last week at 131 West Jefferson, Naperville in the former location of the Naperville Chamber of Congress (above and near Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria in the old firehouse).
There will be a campaign kickoff Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at 6:00 PM at the HQ - for more info or […]