K000360 1959-09-15 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] N00012539 9801 Republican 202-225-4835 IL Mark Kirk 1.12820512820513 http://www.house.gov/kirk/ 400222 Person senate Fri Nov 06 10:45:08 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...if it does. The organization, which demands fiscal conservatism in its candidates, has already announced it will not be backing other establishment-supported Senate candidates, including Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and former Rep. Rob Simmons (R-Conn.).... 'r':38,46 'ny':5 '-23':6 'ill':39 'rep':34,42 'rob':43 'back':26 'conn':47 'kirk':36 'mark':35 'next':4 'real':48 'clear':49 'organ':11 'polit':50 'r-ill':37 'senat':2,31 'candid':18,32 'demand':13 'fiscal':14 'former':41 'includ':33 'r-conn':45 'simmon':44 'alreadi':20 'announc':21 'support':30 'conservat':15 'establish':29 'california':1 'establishment-support':28 6596698 true true daylife Real Clear Politics http://www.realclearpolitics.com/blog/ OK http://www.realclearpolitics.com/politics_nation/2009/11/senators_endorse_fiorina_senate.html 400222 Person senate Thu Nov 05 10:46:57 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...-- Rep. Mark Kirk, who casts himself as a moderate, on Monday dodged questions about whether he wanted help from conservative former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in his race for Senate -- only to have the truth surface Wednesday. He is indeed soliciting her 'gov':32 'rep':10 'sun':54 'cast':14 'dodg':21 'help':6,27 'inde':49 'kirk':2,12 'mark':11 'race':37 'time':55 'want':3,26 'moder':18 'palin':4,34 'sarah':33 'senat':39 'truth':44 'alaska':31 'former':30 'monday':20 'surfac':45 'chicago':52 'complic':9 'conserv':29 'solicit':50 'sun-tim':53 'whether':24 'question':22 'wednesday':46 6586010 true true daylife Chicago Sun-Times http://www.suntimes.com/index/ OK http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/1866640,CST-NWS-sweet05.article 400222 Person republican Wed Nov 04 21:55:31 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 a tea bag in his pocket along with a copy of the Constitution to try fend off conservative primary challengers. WASHINGTON — A rebounding Republican Party savored victories in two states that President Barack Obama won last year, but as it tries to 'bag':9 'gop':1 'odd':6 'san':50 'tea':8 'tri':21,47 'two':35 'won':41 'copi':16 'fend':22 'jose':51 'last':42 'news':53 'year':43 'along':13 'moder':3 'obama':40 'parti':31 'savor':32 'state':36 'barack':39 'pocket':12 'presid':38 'conserv':4,24 'mercuri':52 'primari':25 'rebound':29 'victori':33 'challeng':26 'constitut':19 'republican':30 'washington':27 6579817 true true daylife The San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/ OK http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_13715459?source=rss 400222 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 21:54:42 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Rep. Mark Kirk created a stir by asking for help from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in his bid for the party's U.S. Senate nomination on Feb. 2. Now that quest for help has become fundraising fodder for one of the Democrats seeking the seat. In an e-ma '2':41 'e':62 'ma':63 'ask':20 'bid':31 'feb':40 'gov':26 'one':52 'rep':13 'u.s':36 'e-ma':61 'help':6,22,46 'kirk':1,15 'mark':14 'race':12 'seat':58 'seek':56 'stir':18 'becom':48 'creat':16 'nomin':38 'palin':5,28 'parti':34 'quest':44 'sarah':27 'senat':11,37 'alaska':25 'fodder':9,50 'former':24 'tribun':65 'chicago':64 'request':3 'democrat':8,55 'fundrais':49 6592422 true true daylife Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/ OK http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/cloutstreet/~3/GPyqS4C_Jds/kirks-request-for-palin-help-is-democratic-fodder-in-senate-race.html 400222 Person republican Wed Nov 04 21:55:31 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...abandoning the [California Republican] Carly Fiorinas, the [Connecticut Republican] Rob Simmons, the [Illinois Republican] Mark Kirks and [Florida Republican] Charlie Crist's of the world," said the strategist. "He's giving a green light to all the frin 'car':14 'dem':9 'rob':19 'frin':47 'give':40 'kirk':25 'mark':24 'post':49 'said':35 'crist':30 'green':42 'light':43 'moder':8 'world':34 'charli':29 'cornyn':1 'neuter':6 'simmon':20 'abandon':10 'fiorina':15 'florida':27 'illinoi':22 'primari':3 'strategi':4 'california':12 'huffington':48 'republican':13,18,23,28 'strategist':37 'connecticut':17 6579819 true true daylife Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ OK http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/04/cornyns-primary-strategy_n_345648.html 400222 Person senate Tue Nov 03 21:51:45 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...2010. Conservatives and tea party activists had already set their sights on some of the GOP’s top Senate recruits — a list that includes Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida, former Rep. Rob Simmons in Connecticut and Rep. Mark Kirk in Illinois, among oth 'gop':26 'gov':35 'oth':53 'rep':41,47 'rob':42 'set':19 'tea':14 'top':28 '2010':11 'hall':55 'kirk':49 'list':32 'mark':48 'town':54 'among':52 'crist':37 'parti':15 'right':5 'senat':29 'sight':21 'better':10 'charli':36 'former':40 'includ':34 'simmon':43 'alreadi':18 'america':1 'conserv':8,12 'florida':39 'illinoi':51 'recruit':30 'activist':16 'connecticut':45 6571305 true true daylife Town Hall http://www.townhall.com/ OK http://liberalslie.blogtownhall.com/2009/11/03/the_more_conservatives_the_better.thtml 400222 Person congress Mon Nov 02 21:50:59 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...official. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) has collected his 10,000 signatures and is officially the newest candidate for United States Senator from the state of Illinois.  On paper, Congressman Kirk’s credentials are spectacular: Kirk is hypereducated (master 'r':10 '10':15 'il':11 '000':16 'new':45 'rep':6 'kirk':1,8,36,41 'mark':7 'r-il':9 'ring':4 'unit':25 'enter':2 'major':46 'paper':34 'senat':27 'state':26,30 'candid':23 'master':44 'newest':22 'offici':5,20 'collect':13 'illinoi':32 'credenti':38 'signatur':17 'hypereduc':43 'congressman':35 'spectacular':40 6562632 true true daylife New Majority http://www.newmajority.com/ OK http://www.frumforum.com/kirk-enters-the-ring 400222 Person senate Tue Nov 03 21:51:45 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Eric Wallace announced Tuesday that he is withdrawing his bid for Illinois' U.S. Senate -- making the path easier for Rep. Mark Kirk to secure the GOP nomination for the seat. "Too much is at stake for the citizens of Illinois in this race and I have de 'de':56 'bid':4,19 'fox':57 'gop':35 'rep':29 'u.s':7,22 'eric':1,10 'kirk':31 'make':24 'mark':30 'much':41 'news':58 'path':26 'race':52 'seat':9,39 'nomin':36 'secur':33 'senat':8,23 'stake':44 'easier':27 'wallac':2,11 'announc':12 'citizen':47 'illinoi':6,21,49 'tuesday':13 'withdraw':3,17 6571303 true true daylife FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/ OK http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/7nfdeDp6ExI/eric-wallace-withdraws-bid-illinois-senate-seat 400222 Person democrat Tue Nov 03 21:51:45 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...poll also shows Giannnoulias’ main competition for the Democratic nomination, Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman, trailing Kirk by the considerable margin of 48-39. The Giannoulias campaign probably released the poll in order to make the case tha '48':29 '-39':30 'new':45 'tha':44 'also':8 'case':43 'face':5 'kirk':6,23 'main':11 'make':41 'poll':7,37 'show':9 'david':20 'major':46 'nomin':16 'order':39 'squar':2 'trail':22 'margin':27 'releas':35 'chicago':17 'general':19 'hoffman':21 'probabl':34 'campaign':33 'competit':12 'consider':26 'democrat':1,15 'inspector':18 'giannoulia':32 'giannnoulia':10 6571306 true true daylife New Majority http://www.newmajority.com/ OK http://www.frumforum.com/democrats-square-off-to-face-kirk 400222 Person democrat Tue Nov 03 21:51:45 -0600 2009 Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Posted by Rick Pearson at 3:53 p.m. North Shore Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk said today that he expects he and first-term Democratic state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias will face off a year from now in the general election for U.S. Senate. Kirk and Gian '3':22 '53':23 'll':5 'vs':8 'p.m':24 'rep':29 'u.s':13,28,59 'face':48 'gian':63 'kirk':3,31,61 'mark':2,30 'next':15 'post':17 'rick':19 'said':32 'term':41 'year':16,51 'alexi':10,45 'elect':57 'first':40 'north':25 'senat':14,60 'shore':26 'state':43 'today':33 'expect':36 'tribun':65 'chicago':64 'general':56 'pearson':20 'treasur':44 'democrat':9,42 'first-term':39 'giannoulia':11,46 'republican':1,27 6571304 true true daylife Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/ OK http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagotribune/cloutstreet/~3/4wR8gqvWO9o/republican-mark-kirk-itll-be-me-vs-democrat-alexi-giannoulias-for-us-senate-next-year.html 400222 Person republican Sat Nov 07 10:40:43 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who is seeking the Senate in 2010, has been running to the far right to appease his base and win the Republican primary. Kirk has been actively seeking Sarah Palin's endorsement, hoping she will burnish his ... 'r':15 'il':16 'far':29 'rep':11 'run':26 'win':36 '2010':23 'anti':4 'base':34 'hope':49 'kirk':13,40 'mark':12 'noth':10 'r-il':14 'seek':19,44 'activ':43 'claim':2 'liber':56 'organ':9 'palin':46 'ralli':7 'right':30 'sarah':45 'senat':21 'appeas':32 'endors':48 'health':5 'reform':6 'burnish':52 'primari':39 'bachmann':1 'hollywood':55 'republican':38 'anti-health':3 6607382 false true google blog The Hollywood Liberal http://www.thehollywoodliberal.com/ OK http://www.thehollywoodliberal.com/2009/11/07/bachmann-claims-anti-health-reform-rally-was-organic-nothing-that-we-planned/ 400222 Person republican Sat Nov 07 21:52:15 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Op-ed by J Cleary In August, I created a blog which brought attention to US Rep. Mark Kirk's campaign for the US Senate. The blog, titled "Republicans United Against Mark Kirk" included information regarding Kirk's voting record as a ... 'j':18 'ed':16 'op':15 'us':30,38 'met':11 'op-':14 'rep':31 'blog':6,25,41 'kirk':5,33,47,51 'mark':4,32,46 'titl':42 'unit':44 'vote':53 'activ':9 'creat':23 'senat':39 'attent':28 'august':21 'cleari':19 'includ':48 'inform':49 'longer':8 'purpos':13 'record':54 'regard':50 'brought':27 'campaign':35 'rffm.org':1,57 'republican':43 6612260 false true google blog RFFM.ORG http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/ OK http://rffm.typepad.com/republicans_for_fair_medi/2009/11/no-to-mark-kirk-blog-no-longer-active-it-met-its-purpose.html 400222 Person congress Sat Nov 07 21:52:16 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Mark Kirk It's not yet clear whether Hughes will have what it takes to upset Kirk, but the congressman's recent tacking to the right on issues like cap and trade make it clear that he's aware of his right flank. ... 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'fyi':47 'god':35 'one':24 'rep':19 'saw':10 'tri':40 '2010':34 'bias':62 'fool':32 'give':45 'help':36 'kirk':21 'mark':20 'open':6 'said':12 'site':54 'vote':5,29 'civil':43 'could':57 'debat':2 'expos':59 'idiot':18 'liber':60 'media':61 'spell':51 'thread':7 'grammar':49 'illinoi':13 'possibl':4 'thought':16 'backlash':56 'obamacar':1 'newsbusters.org':8,58 6616958 false true google blog NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias http://newsbusters.org/ OK http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2009/11/07/obamacare-debate-possible-vote-open-thread 400222 Person congress Sat Nov 07 21:52:16 -0600 2009 Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Yesterday, news broke that Congressman Mark Kirk, the Republican front-runner, penned a secret memo to Sarah Palin's camp asking that Palin help out Kirk in a “quick and decisive” way. Palin has made no secret that she's willing to help ... 'ask':32 'dem':1 'pen':23 'use':4 'way':43 'camp':31 'help':35,54 'kirk':8,17,37 'made':46 'mark':7,16 'memo':26 'news':12 'will':52 'broke':13 'decis':42 'forum':10,56 'front':21 'palin':5,29,34,44 'quick':40 'sarah':28 'senat':2 'candid':3 'runner':22 'secret':25,48 'publius':9,55 'yesterday':11 'front-runn':20 'republican':19 'congressman':15 6612261 false true google blog Publius Forum http://www.publiusforum.com/ OK http://www.publiusforum.com/2009/11/07/dem-senate-candidate-uses-palin-against-mark-kirk/ 400222 Person republican Sun Nov 08 10:43:17 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is seeking the former Alaska governor's endorsement in the Republican primary for Barack Hussein Obama's former US Senate seat in Illinois, the one former Gov. Rod Blagojevich tried to sell. ... 'r':11 'us':31 'gov':39 'ill':12 'one':37 'rep':7 'rod':40 'tri':42 'evid':2 'kirk':9 'mark':8 'seat':33 'seek':14 'sell':44 'clout':6 'obama':28 'palin':4 'r-ill':10 'senat':32 'alaska':17 'barack':26 'endors':20 'former':16,30,38 'conserv':47 'hussein':27 'illinoi':35 'primari':24 'governor':18 'republican':23 'blagojevich':41 'underground':46 6616957 false true google blog The Underground Conservative http://theundergroundconservative.wordpress.com/ OK http://theundergroundconservative.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/the-evidence-of-palins-clout/ 400222 Person republican Fri Nov 06 21:52:36 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who is seeking the Senate in 2010, has been running to the far right to appease his base and win the Republican primary. Kirk has been actively seeking Sarah Palin's endorsement, hoping she will burnish his ... 'r':16 'il':17 'beg':4 'far':30 'rep':1,12 'run':27 'win':37 '2010':24 'base':35 'hope':50 'kirk':3,14,41 'mark':2,13 'r-il':15 'seek':20,45 'activ':44 'palin':7,47 'right':31 'sarah':6,46 'scoff':10 'senat':22 'appeas':33 'endors':8,49 'burnish':53 'primari':40 'malarkynew':55 'republican':39 6602460 false true google blog malarkynews http://malarkynews.com/ OK http://malarkynews.com/rep-mark-kirk-begs-for-sarah-palin-endorsement-but-scoffs-at-glenn-beck-%E2%80%98he%E2%80%99s-a-very-interesting-guy-%E2%80%99/ 400222 Person republican Sun Nov 08 10:43:16 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL), who is seeking the Senate in 2010, has been running to the far right to appease his base and win the Republican primary. Kirk has been actively seeking Sarah Palin's endorsement, hoping she will burnish his ... 'r':16 'il':17 'beg':4 'far':30 'rep':1,12 'run':27 'win':37 '2010':24 'base':35 'hope':50 'kirk':3,14,41 'mark':2,13 'r-il':15 'seek':20,45 'activ':44 'palin':7,47 'right':31 'sarah':6,46 'scoff':10 'senat':22 'appeas':33 'endors':8,49 'burnish':53 'primari':40 'malarkynew':55 'republican':39 6616955 false true google blog malarkynews http://malarkynews.com/ OK http://malarkynews.com/rep-mark-kirk-begs-for-sarah-palin-endorsement-but-scoffs-at-glenn-beck-%E2%80%98he%E2%80%99s-an-interesting-guy-%E2%80%99/ 400222 Person senate Fri Nov 06 21:52:36 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 x-Rep. Suzanne Kosmas (D). IDAHO: x-Rep. Walt Minnick (D). ILLINOIS: Rep. Bill Foster (D). x-Rep. Mark Kirk (R) (open seat; Kirk is running for the Senate). LOUISIANA: x-Rep Charlie Melancon (open seat; Melancon is running for the ... 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