Political Panelists Call Chicago Tribune’s U.S. Senate Endorsement ‘Shocking’
ICPR’s event “Election 2016: What to Expect & Why” was mentioned in this article
via Progress Illinois
“The Chicago Tribune’s controversial endorsement last week of Tammy Duckworth over incumbent Mark Kirk for U.S. Senate continued to draw reaction Monday, with political experts and reporters commenting on the “shocking” decision during a panel discussion on the 2016 election.
Kirk, a Republican, experienced an ischemic stroke in January 2012 and returned to Congress one year later.
In opting to endorse Duckworth, a Democrat, the Trib editorial board cited Kirk’s health, saying, in part, that ‘due to forces beyond his control, Kirk no longer can perform to the fullest the job of a U.S. senator.'”
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