IL-14: Laesch for HR676

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Thursday January 31, 2008 · 5:53 PM PST

2008/01/31 · 17:53

John Laesch held a healthcare forum yesterday. I, unfortunately, was not able to personally attend, as I had to work. I was going to gather reports from those who had attended. Then I got this beautiful write up from Al, one of our volunteers on the communications team, and with a little editing to make it bloggable, I decided to simply use his write-up. So, follow me below the fold for the full report from Al.

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Sunday January 27, 2008 · 5:50 PM PST

2008/01/27 · 17:50

The first round of voting for the DFA Grassroots All-Star ends tomorrow. John Laesch is in the top 10 (number 7, to be exact) but we need to be in the top three to move on to the next round. The DFA Grassroots All-Star will receive major donations and volunteers from the DFA.

You can vote by clicking here. (And, it is allowable to put one candidate in all three slots for your vote, hint hint. ;) )

Follow me below the fold for a little background on John, and an explanation of why this support is so crucial for us.

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Tuesday January 22, 2008 · 9:42 AM PST

2008/01/22 · 09:42

The Laesch campaign is showing its leadership yet again, this time on election integrity. This is an incredibly important issue for Illinois' 14 th Congressional District in particular. Kane County uses touch-screen voting machines and encompasses a full half of the district's voting population.

You may have heard of the Rush Holt bill to protect election integrity. The "Emergency Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008" will help election authorities using e-voting to convert to paper ballots, offer emergency paper ballots or convert audits by hand counts. John is the first to step out in front of this fight and provide a way for you to let your Senators and Representatives know that you want to ensure your vote is counted properly on election day.

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Sunday January 20, 2008 · 6:39 PM PST

2008/01/20 · 18:39

This campaign has been a long, fun, exciting road, and while the road ahead is short, it's about to get even more fun and exciting. The primary is 16 days away. That's two weeks and two days. We are ~~doubling~~ tripling our efforts on getting yard signs out, on identifying voters, on fund-raising... everything that will be crucial to our GOTV efforts on Feb 5th and then again on March 8th in the special election to replace Denny Hastert.

We have quite a bit of news to report this week. Follow me below the fold for the full update, including our exciting new endorsements, upcoming events, and online action opportunities for you to help out the campaign!

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Monday January 14, 2008 · 10:47 AM PST

2008/01/14 · 10:47

Hello again from the Laesch campaign. You know, when I took the job of Blog Team Coordinator, I took it with the understanding that I would do one campaign update per week, with the occasional "This is just too good to wait until our weekly blog" diary. I took this position exactly a week ago, and this makes blog number four. The campaign is really heating up in the run-up to the election, and it just got hotter.

I am pleased and proud to announce two new endorsements to you. We have received word of endorsements from the national branch of the Progressive Democrats of America, as well as Noam Chomsky!

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Wednesday January 09, 2008 · 5:23 PM PST

2008/01/09 · 17:23

At least, not another Presidential Candidate Diary. ;)

While you were all watching the New Hampshire Primary results roll in, we were at a candidates forum, held by the League of Women Voters of Batavia and St. Charles/Geneva, for all the candidates running for the open seat in Illinois' 14th congressional district, which was formerly held by Dennis Hastert. Video of the debate will be put up on the League website, and we'll link to it on our campaign website when it goes up.

Excitement and interest in this race are high, and this showed in the number of people who came out to see the debate. We were told the LWV expected about 200 hundred people but today's papers report the crowd was 600.

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Sunday January 06, 2008 · 5:20 PM PST

2008/01/06 · 17:20

First, I should say that I have taken over as Blog Team Coordinator for the John Laesch campaign. (Yes, again, for those who remember the 2006 cycle.) So, hi, again. ;)

Our campaign got a great surprise today when we read the Chicago Sun-Times. Columnist Dick Simpson seems to think that John is the one to beat in the race to fill Dennis Hastert's former seat in his article, "Progressives moving on up."

For those who don't know of him, Dick Simpson is head of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Political Science Department. He is also a former Chicago alderman, author, progressive leader and columnist for the Chicago Sun–Times. Simpson won his Alderman race despite running against a much better financed candidate. His accomplishments as Alderman include ending salary discrimination in the city budget for women holding the same jobs as men, budget amendments to provide better funding and speedier opening of day-care centers, and programs to help the homeless and the hungry.

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Tuesday January 01, 2008 · 5:31 PM PST

2008/01/01 · 17:31

Hi Everyone,

Jennifer here, John’s wife and campaign manager.

I wanted to take a moment today to sincerely thank all who have devoted their time and energy helping to get John elected, and to wish them all a wonderful new year!

Another hectic week, but many new holiday endorsements to report!

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Monday December 10, 2007 · 8:16 AM PST

2007/12/10 · 08:16

It’s official!
John filed over 1700 ballot signatures this morning with the Illinois State Board of Elections
in Springfield for the special election to fill the remainder of Denny Hastert’s term.
The primary will be February 5, with the special election on March 8.
An all-volunteer army of John’s friends and neighbors in the 14th district completed the task
in under a week!

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Tuesday November 20, 2007 · 11:45 AM PST

2007/11/20 · 11:45

A positive step in the immigration debate surrounding Illinois’ 14th Congressional District took place at a press conference held by Democratic candidate John Laesch on Tuesday morning outside the World Relief Immigration Services office in downtown Aurora. Laesch gave a speech calling on Republican candidate Jim Oberweis to take back his anti-immigrant and pro-national ID card message portrayed in a series of mailings and TV ads recently sent out to district voters. "The idea behind this advertising campaign is to make people so afraid of immigrants that they are willing to cede their civil liberties, the right to privacy and allow for a big-brother solution like a national ID card," said Laesch.

John wrote his own blog on this issue at Fireside 14. He pointed out that the last four soldiers from this district to lose their life while serving our country were all of Hispanic heritage. http://www.fireside14.com/...

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Wednesday November 14, 2007 · 9:21 PM PST

2007/11/14 · 21:21

Can you call a story breaking when you feel like you broke it almost a month ago? Well, here we are again, with buzz out there growing that Hastert will indeed announce his early retirement, effective the end of the year, tomorrow.

Politico says:

GOP sources said Hastert is expected to formally leave the House sometime in December, although the actual date could not be confirmed at press time

Yes, there is more...

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Wednesday October 17, 2007 · 6:56 PM PDT

2007/10/17 · 18:56

I always wanted to find an excuse to use breaking in a diary title.

This will be a brief diary, that I may add to as the evening progresses, but Roll Call is reporting that Dennis Hastert will announce his resignation (effective "later this year") tomorrow, Thursday, setting up a special election here in IL-14.

I haven't spoken to John Laesch this evening yet, but just gave this news to our campaign manager.

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