Talk:2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois

6th district
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Getting on the ballot as an independent?
Nice article, but one thing missing - what does it take to get on the ballot as an independent? In other words, is Bill Scheurer really on the ballot, or is he in the process of trying to qualify? John Broughton 15:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Chamber of Commerce endorsement
The article notes the endorsement, but omits the following (which I got from politics1.com, but since text rolls off the front page, I'm not sure of the current URL):


 * The Chamber praised Bean as "a strong, independent voice ... [who] understands what it takes to create a healthy business climate and promote local job growth." Bean has been under fire from pro-labor groups in her district for her support of the free trade CAFTA treaty. However, in this conservative seat, support from business might prove to be more valuable to Bean than a base of labor backers. With the support of the Chamber comes a $400,000 early TV ad buy for Bean. With the wealthy McSweeney pledging to spend "as much as it takes" to win this seat, the Chamber's money is a big boost for Bean.

John Broughton 15:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Scheurer is NOT pro choice
Don't write that he is. Look at his campaign website.

Fair use rationale for Image:David-McSweeney.jpg
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 * I believe that I have corrected the issue. If not, please let me know. Thanks. Propol (talk) 05:15, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Bot report : Found duplicate references !
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :) Big bucks flow into key 6th, 8th District races April 15, 2006 by Lynn Sweet SUN-TIMES DumZiBoT (talk) 07:29, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
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 * Federal Election Commission DAVID MCSWEENEY FOR CONGRESS Campaign Funds

External links modified
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10th district
The section on Kirk is all positive while the section on Seals focuses on negatives and talking points used by Republicans in the election. Since there is a chance Seals will be the nominee against Kirk again this year, this is bias should be removed. The bias seems to have appeared with the December 1 edit by 199.208.239.140, who also did heavy editing (reverted) on the Mark Kirk page. Shsilver (talk) 17:10, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I reverted the page to the way it was before 199.208.239.140's edits. It could use some beefing up on Kirk during the 2006 race, but everything the anonymous IP had included was general information about Kirk, nothing specific to the race. Shsilver (talk) 20:47, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Mark Kirk has his own article, so there's no need to repeat his information in this article as well. The Dan Seals article has been repeatedly deleted for 'non-notability outside this event', so all his information has to appear here.Flatterworld (talk) 20:49, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

11th district
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