Obama lets opponent do talking
Barack Obama, who penned a 403-page memoir at age 33 and has a special skill for giving intricate answers to questions, has never been a man short on words. But...
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Obama, Ryan debate about debates
It's still spring, and it's still almost five months before the November election, but already the debate dance has begun in the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Barack Obama and...
Ryan aide to give Obama more space
A campaign operative for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jack Ryan will keep himself and his video recorder a few more paces away from his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, a Ryan...
Obama has center in his sights
Barack Obama, possessing an intense devotion to social justice, arrived in the Illinois Senate in 1997 and quickly became a darling of the Democratic Party's liberal wing--a label he wore...
Utica sees grief, devastation–and hope
A few minnows still were swimming in the tank at the Starved Rock Bait and Tackle shop Thursday, a sure sign to owner Jim Collins that all was not lost...
Ryan, Obama side by side in race for election funds
Illinois' candidates for U.S. Senate are keeping pace with each another in raising campaign cash, with Republican Jack Ryan raising about $500,000 since last month's primary and Barack Obama raising...
Ryan, Obama enter new ring
Erudite, studious and perhaps most comfortable when he is buried in an E.L. Doctorow novel or a Miles Davis recording, Barack Obama is not the kind of man who actively...
Voters have distinct choices in fall
This story contains corrected material, published March 18, 2004 Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Jack Ryan are both Harvard educated, loaded with charisma and sport made-for-TV good looks, but that's...
Obama routs Democratic foes; Ryan tops crowded GOP field
Barack Obama, an African-American state senator and former civil-rights lawyer from Hyde Park, won a landslide victory over six competitors Tuesday to assume the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate,...
Candidates hopeful to the end
Amid anticipation of a low-turnout election compounded by iffy weather, candidates for Illinois U.S. Senate nominations wound up the final campaign day Monday with cross-state marathons. Also facing voters on...