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[IL-14] Lauzen to enter race officially as Oberweis woos Hastert crowd
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 07, 2007 12:21am |
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| News Date | Friday, September 7, 2007 06:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Aaron Blake
September 07, 2007
State Sen. Chris Lauzen will announce his candidacy for the seat of retiring Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) in about a week, setting up a face-off with former gubernatorial and Senate candidate Jim Oberweis for the GOP nomination.
Lauzen told The Hill on Wednesday that his campaign would officially launch “in seven to 10 days.”
Lauzen said he intends to differentiate himself from Oberweis by focusing on his electoral victories, his independence and his experience. Oberweis’s strategists see their candidate as the GOP front-runner and intend to set up his contrast with the
Democrats versus running against Lauzen.
“I’ve been doing for 15 years what Jim promises to do in campaigns,” Lauzen said. “The other thing is that I win campaigns; Jim loses them. ... He’s spent $7.5 million to lose three campaigns.”
Oberweis is resisting any comparisons to Lauzen and is focusing on saving the district from Democratic takeover. |
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