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Giannoulias Even Leads Kirk in Pro-Republican Poll

CHICAGO - Despite weeks of negative attacks from Washington insider Mark Kirk and the Republican Party, U.S. Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias continues to lead in the Illinois race for U.S. Senate, according to the latest Rasmussen poll released today. The poll, which the Kirk campaign has cited before to claim an advantage, consistently favors Republicans. It is also the third poll in as many weeks showing Giannoulias in the lead, while none show Kirk leading.

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by Anthony on 03/10/2010
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White House Reiterates Strong Support for Alexi Giannoulias' Candidacy Today

CHICAGO - During the White House briefing today, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs reiterated the White House's support for Alexi Giannoulias' Senate campaign. Giannoulias is visiting the White House for the annual Greek Independence Day event and is also meeting with David Axelrod to discuss the race and how Giannoulias will win in November.

When asked a question on the Illinois race for the U.S. Senate by Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Major Garrett, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gave the following response:

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by Anthony on 03/09/2010
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Giannoulias Adds Top Obama Fundraiser

CHICAGO - Continuing to grow a top-level general election campaign, U.S. Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias today announced the addition of Jordan Kaplan, a seasoned national finance consultant who served as Finance Director to President Barack Obama's 2004 Illinois Senate race and as his Illinois Finance Director for Obama for America in 2008.

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by Anthony on 03/09/2010
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Alexi Giannoulias releases statement on Mark Kirk's latest Iran policy proposal

CHICAGO - United States Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias released a statement today following Republican Congressman Mark Kirk's introduction of the Iran Sanctions Enhancement Act:

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by Anthony on 03/08/2010
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Alexi for Illinois Releases Fact Check On Inaccurate Giannoulias Tax Refund Reports

CHICAGO - In response to inaccurate media reports falsely claiming that the Giannoulias family will reap a "windfall" from Broadway Bank's struggles, the Alexi for Illinois campaign released the following fact check to set the record straight:

MYTH: The Giannoulias' expected tax refund comes on top of $70 million in dividends.

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by Georgia on 03/06/2010
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Giannoulias Statement on Latest Unemployment Figures and Mark Kirk's Continued Obstruction

CHICAGO - U.S. Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias released the following statement in response to the unemployment figures released today and to Republican Congressman Mark Kirk's continued opposition of economic recovery efforts, which include his vote yesterday against the HIRE act, a jobs bill that passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support:

"Today's unemployment numbers provided another sign that the economic recession has hit bottom, but that a strong recovery remains elusive.  Nearly every economist agrees that now is not the time to halt efforts to stimulate the economy.  After the small jobs bill passed the House yesterday, the Senate should immediately get back to work and pass an extension of unemployment insurance that will help thousands of Illinois families and more tax breaks for small businesses that start hiring again.

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by Georgia on 03/05/2010
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Giannoulias Calls On Kirk To Release Tax Records

CHICAGO - In the interests of transparency for the people of Illinois, Senate nominee Alexi Giannoulias called on his opponent, Republican Congressman Mark Kirk, to publicly release his tax records for all the years he has held elected office and for the year prior to holding elected office.
 

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by Anthony on 03/04/2010
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Speaking From The Heart

Hartmarx is the Illinois company that stayed in businesses after Alexi and others stood up to Wells Fargo when that big bank wanted to shut Hartmarx down. When Hartmarx employes appeared in Alexi's primary commercial to discuss why they were supporting Alexi, they said that "we need more people like Alexi in politics. A person that cares."

Yesterday, Alexi was interviewed by Carol Marin on WTTW's Chicago Tonight. The interview was part of a series of interviews and editorial board sessions yesterday to address Mark Kirk's smears against Alexi and Broadway Bank, the community business Alexi's late father started nearly four decades ago.  While Mark Kirk plays politics with the struggles facing Broadway Bank -- the same struggles faced by countless of other small and mid-sized businesses that have been affected by this recession -- Alexi knows the real-world effect of Washington's policies.

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by Georgia on 03/04/2010
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Alexi for Illinois Launches New Website To Help Stop Mark Kirk's Negative, False Attacks

CHICAGO - In light of the false, reckless attacks from Republicans and Mark Kirk against Alexi Giannoulias and his role at Broadway Bank, the Alexi for Illinois campaign announced that Alexi will be answering every question posed to him by the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune editorial boards today. The campaign also launched a new Web site called TruthAboutAlexi.com, to fight the lies being circulated by Republicans and their surrogates.

"Over the next eight months, Republicans will continue to imply, mislead and smear Alexi's record so that they can to distract from the fact that Mark Kirk's votes for Bush economic policies helped get us into this financial mess in Illinois and that he is completely out of touch with the needs of working families," said campaign spokeswoman Kathleen Strand. "This website will provide a place for supporters and media to get the truth about Alexi and the false attacks against him."

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by Georgia on 03/03/2010
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FACTCHECK: Kirk Wrong On Broadway Bank

CHICAGO - Congressman Mark Kirk today made two inaccurate claims in his negative, false attacks against Alexi Giannoulias.

"Congressman Mark Kirk wants to distract from the fact that he is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wall Street, bought and paid for by the corporate special interests he voted to bail out while leaving struggling Illinois families behind. While Alexi hasn't been at the bank for four years, Mark Kirk has been in Washington for a decade supporting the failed and reckless Bush policies that got us into this economic mess," said Kathleen Strand, spokeswoman for the Alexi for Illinois campaign.

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by Georgia on 03/02/2010
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