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Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win for Illinois' 2nd Congressional District, once held by Jesse Jackson Jr., Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Matteson, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Gun control is real winner in race for Jackson seat

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - In a race where guns quickly dominated the debate, gun control advocate Robin Kelly clinched the Democratic nomination for Illinois 2nd Congressional District general election Tuesday by more than 50 percent of the vote...
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg exits after delivering the annual State of the City address at the Barclays Center on February 14, 2013 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Bloomberg cited positive statistics including a record 52 million visitors to the city and a record low 419 homicides in 2012 while calling for a ban on styrofoam in the city. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Bloomberg spends big bucks on race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr.

Zerlina Maxwell
theGRIO REPORT - Mayor Bloomberg has been a passionate voice for stricter gun laws for years and especially in the wake of the mass shootings in Aurora, Colorado and Newtown, Connecticut...
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(L) Anthony Beale, a Democratic hopeful for Illinois’ 2nd District seat, speaks at a news conference in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) (R) Rep. Debbie Halvorson speaks during a candidate presentation at the 2nd Congressional District slating meeting in South Holland, Ill. (AP Photo/John Smierciak, File)

Race to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. enters home stretch

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - By the end of the day Tuesday, there will finally be a winner to one of the most contentious Congressional races happening in the country...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) listens to his father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, speak on health care reform during a town hall meeting at the Sheldon Heights Church of Christ August 18, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The congressman addressed various aspects of the plan for about an hour before inviting his father to speak to the standing-room-only crowd. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Candidates file to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - By early Monday evening, 22 candidates made the deadline to file nominating petitions announcing their candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District Seat, formerly held by Jesse Jackson Jr....
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Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL) opens his papers after stepping up to the podium at a news conference on Capitol Hill December 10, 2008 in Washington, DC. Jackson had been mentioned as a potential replacement for the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (C), who has the power to fill the vacant Senate seat, was arrested at his Chicago home yesterday and charged with corruption after prosecutors said he was trying to sell the seat to the highest bidder. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Crowded field fights for Jesse Jackson Jr's seat

Renita D. Young
CHICAGO - The crowded field of hopefuls racing to replace embattled former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. will soon dwindle to one person; one candidate, who in a steep local economic mess, will have to tackle issues and aspirations left unrealized by the exiting Congressman...
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Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., D-IL, speaks to reporters following a Democratic Caucus on August 1, 2011 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. With time running out before the August 2 deadline to reach an agreement on the debt ceiling, Congress is working to strike a deal that would avoid a potential federal default next week. AFP PHOTO / Karen BLEIER (Photo credit should read KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

Who will replace Jesse Jackson Jr?

Renita D. Young
theGRIO REPORT - Illinois 2nd Congressional District residents will soon return to the polls to elect a new representative, after Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned last week...
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Rep. Jackson Jr. wins his Illinois Democratic primary

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CHICAGO (AP) - Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. won his Democratic primary over former Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson...
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Jesse Jackson Jr. faces tough Dem primary

Lauren Victoria Burke
theGRIO REPORT - A series of controversies have left Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. in an intense battle to to win reelection in the Chicago-based congressional district he has represented for nearly 16 years...
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