K000360 1959-09-15 7998 1030 Longworth House Office Building http://www.house.gov/kirk/zipauth.shtml 10 202-225-0837 Mark 'r':4 'il':5 '-10':6 'rep':1 'kirk':3,8,10 'mark':2,7,9 M 400222 Kirk Mark_Steven_Kirk Steven Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10] 3267 N00012539 11515 Republican 202-225-4835 IL Mark Kirk 1.82608695652174 http://www.house.gov/kirk/ 400222 Person senate Mon Feb 08 10:41:20 -0600 2010 Mon Feb 08 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ... of what's expected to be a tough campaign in the Prairie State's Senate race, where Giannoulias will face off against Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) this fall. ... 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A press release issued by the Giannoulias campaign said that Durbin will "do whatever he can to defeat 'cnn':50 'job':7 'new':6 'old':18 'rep':27 'run':13 'back':2 'face':22 'five':24 'issu':35 'kirk':29 'mark':28 'said':40 'seat':20 'term':25 'obama':16 'press':33 'senat':19 'defeat':49 'durbin':1,42 'novemb':31 'presid':15 'releas':34 'whatev':45 'illinoi':5,9 'campaign':39 'five-term':23 'giannoulia':3,10,38 'republican':26 7530671 true true daylife CNN http://www.cnn.com/ OK http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_politicalticker/~3/LRUCtPS49PI/ 400222 Person republican Mon Feb 08 21:48:42 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 More from the Heartland: The Senate primaries in Illinois produced no surprises: Republican Rep. Mark Kirk, a Chicago-area moderate, will face off in ... 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'rep':14 'area':20 'face':23 'kirk':16 'mark':15 'moder':21 'plain':26 'senat':6 'dealer':27 'produc':10 'chicago':19 'illinoi':9 'primari':7 'surpris':12 'heartland':4 'republican':13 'chicago-area':18 7528087 true true google news Plain Dealer OK http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/07/AR2010020702134.html 400222 Person republican Sat Feb 06 21:52:19 -0600 2010 Sat Feb 06 00:00:00 -0600 2010 More from the Heartland: The Senate primaries in Illinois produced no surprises: Republican Rep. Mark Kirk, a Chicago-area moderate, will face off in ... 'rep':14 'area':20 'face':23 'kirk':16 'mark':15 'moder':21 'plain':26 'senat':6 'dealer':27 'produc':10 'chicago':19 'illinoi':9 'primari':7 'surpris':12 'heartland':4 'republican':13 'chicago-area':18 7515825 true true google news Plain Dealer OK http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61408I20100206 400222 Person republican Mon Feb 08 21:48:42 -0600 2010 Thu Feb 04 00:00:00 -0600 2010 In Illinois, Rep. Mark Kirk is a highly touted Republican recruit who wants to secure the ultimate prize — Obama's former Senate seat — but he can't exactly ... 'los':29 'rep':3 'high':8 'kirk':5 'mark':4 'seat':23 'time':31 'tout':9 'want':13 'angel':30 'exact':28 'obama':19 'prize':18 'secur':15 'senat':22 'ultim':17 'former':21 'illinoi':2 'recruit':11 'republican':10 7530669 true true google news Los Angeles Times OK http://beta.thehindu.com/health/article101845.ece 400222 Person republican Mon Feb 08 10:41:20 -0600 2010 Thu Feb 04 00:00:00 -0600 2010 ... state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, six points behind five-term US Rep. Mark Kirk. Mr. Kirk won the Republican primary by nearly 40 percentage points. ... 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