Obama’s mentor to retire from IL State Senate

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  August 18th at 09:12 AM  | 

Barack Obama’s mentor, Emil Jones, will announce his resignation from the Illinois State Senate today, according to the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune describes Obama as Jones’ protege. Rumors are floating that Jones is wrapped up in a criminal investigation. We will keep you updated… We have written about his own private slush fund in the past. In the meantime, here’s what you need to know | Read More »

IL-11: Ozinga doubles fundraising of establishment Democrat

By: Soren Dayton (Diary)  |  July 16th at 09:14 AM  | 

Marty Ozinga is a businessman who grew his family concrete business into the largest concrete company in the country. But from this ad, he looks like a regular guy. The Crypt has the details about the race: Fresh off a quarter where he raised over $800,000 from individual donors, concrete magnate Martin Ozinga III is up with the first ad in the race in the | Read More »