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Madison County swears in two new judges
12/1/2008 11:00 PM More than 125 people gathered in the Madison County courthouse to watch Dennis Ruth take his oath of office to become Madison County's newest circuit judge.
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Ruth, Tognarelli to be sworn in Dec. 1
11/6/2008 11:30 AM Madison County's two newly elected Circuit Judges will take their oaths of office at 3 p.m. on Dec. 1.
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Tognarelli's election creates associate judge vacancy
11/6/2008 10:31 AM Lawyers in Madison County will soon have the chance to apply to become Madison County's next associate judge.
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Kelly elected St. Clair County Circuit Clerk
11/5/2008 12:16 PM Brendan Kelly, a Democrat, easily won election as St. Clair County Circuit Clerk over his Republican challenger, Terry Wright, with a margin of about 60 percent to 40 percent.
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Con-Con goes down in Illinois
11/5/2008 11:00 AM The call for a constitutional convention was defeated in Illinois by a margin of approximately 68 percent to 32 percent.
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Karmeier appointees Overstreet and Moore win election to full terms
11/4/2008 11:40 PM Southern Illinois circuit judges David Overstreet and Randy Moore have won election to full terms.
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Hoffman holds seat in 112th
11/4/2008 9:26 PM With all precincts reporting in the race for the 112th state house district, State Rep. Jay Hoffman has defeated Dwight Kay 30,327 to 22,852 votes in Madison and St. Clair counties.
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First time voter goes with McCain on religious grounds
11/4/2008 5:41 PM First time voter Anthony Parker, III, an African American from Cahokia, decided this morning to vote for John McCain.
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Non-compliance on Con-Con remedy reported
11/4/2008 4:18 PM Voters are being asked to sign an affidavit indicating whether or not they have been given correction notices related to the constituional convention "Con-Con" referendum.
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'Truly busiest ever' says judge in Republican enclave
11/4/2008 3:33 PM What happens in O'Fallon 8 precinct, a Republican enclave within a solid Democratic county in a deep blue state, will not sway any big elections one way or the other.
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It's the law: McGlynn says political signs have to stay
11/4/2008 3:29 PM Attorney Steve McGlynn has spent part of his day explaining election law to antagonists of Republican state rep candidate Dwight Kay.
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Caseyville 1 Republican poll watcher to stay when polls close
11/4/2008 2:27 PM A coordinator for Dwight Kay's campaigns said the organization had to fight to allow its poll worker to stay on site at the Caseyville 1 precinct when polls close at 7 p.m.
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Turnout at or more than 50 percent in some Metro-East precincts
11/4/2008 12:22 PM Poll watchers in Madison County precincts say voter turnout is "very high," as much as or more than 50 percent in some areas.
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AG Madigan dispatches election observers
11/4/2008 8:47 AM Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Monday that 166 teams of investigators will monitor today's general election.
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Kay confident going into election
11/3/2008 2:47 PM Having walked precincts the entire pre-election weekend, state representative candidate Dwight Kay of Glen Carbon said he feels good going into tomorrow's election.
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Piles of cash keep flowing into Kay-Hoffman coffers
10/30/2008 6:55 PM In less than one week, State Rep. Jay Hoffman raked in $82,000 in campaign contributions, more than half of which have come from union organizations.
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 | | More than 100 people were in line to vote early on Thursday afternoon, the last day to vote before the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 4. |
Early voting turns out hefty chunk of registered voters
10/30/2008 11:18 AM Election officials in Madison and St. Clair counties said early voting has eclipsed their expectations in the first presidential election it has been available.
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Circuit Clerk candidate: Time for 21st century-type public administration
10/27/2008 12:00 PM St. Clair County Circuit Clerk candidate Brendan Kelly of Swansea is running on the Democratic ticket to succeed longtime Circuit Clerk Barney Metz, who after 28 years in office, is retiring.
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Trial lawyer PAC seeks to oust Karmeier appointees in election
10/24/2008 5:00 AM A newly formed group supporting two Democratic judicial candidates in southern Illinois seeks to unseat Republican judges appointed by Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier.
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 | | Judy Knapp (left) shows state representative candidate Dwight Kay and NFIB state director Kim Maisch some of her wares. |
Campaign learns how Main Street entrepreneur is keeping American dream alive
10/23/2008 3:00 PM She's no Joe the Plumber, but this Edwardsville business woman is keeping the American dream alive with a little money and a lot of imagination.
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