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Martin Ozinga
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by Angela Caputo
3:03pm
Mon Oct 13, 2008

Ozinga: "I Still Feel Like I'm Middle Class"

IL-11

With the average voter worried about the stability of their jobs,
home values, and retirement accounts, it's no wonder rich candidates
are trying to downplay their wealth on the campaign trail. But Republican concrete magnate Marty Ozinga
seems to be reaching these days as ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:28pm
Fri Oct 10, 2008

Angling For A Victory, Ozinga Brings In ... Cheney? (UPDATED)

IL-11

After spending months trying to tie Democrat Debbie Halvorson to our extremely unpopular governor, 11th District GOP congressional candidate Marty Ozinga has apparently decided to tie his own horse to a politician with truly dismal approval ratings -- Vice President Dick ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
4:49pm
Wed Oct 8, 2008
1 comment

HCAN To Attack Ozinga On Health Care (UPDATED)

Health Care

Marty Ozinga really should have watched his words back in July.
Opponents of the 11th District GOP congressional candidate have jumped all
over a cable access interview we originally flagged
in which the concrete magnate opined that "very few people nowadays
that ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
11:51am
Fri Oct 3, 2008

Dispatch From A Different Debate

Martin Ozinga

Ninety minutes before the start of the vice presidential debate last night, a different political face-off took place at Illinois State University -- this one between the 11th District congressional candidates.  The event wasn't nearly as dramatic as what took place later in ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:34am
Fri Sep 26, 2008
1 comment

Southtown Star Questions Ozinga's Debate Cancellation

Martin Ozinga

Today, the Southtown Star editorial board offered their thoughts on GOP congressional candidate Marty Ozinga's decision to drop out of the 11th District debate scheduled for yesterday.  The debate was sponsored by the Southland Chamber of Conference and was to be held at ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:15am
Thu Sep 25, 2008
2 comments

New Halvorson Ad Highlights Ozinga Health Care Comments

Health Care

Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson went on air with a new TV ad in the 11th District this week, which highlights Republican Marty Ozinga's comments about health care on a public access program in July.  As Progress Illinois first noted, Ozinga said: "...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
1:14pm
Wed Sep 24, 2008
1 comment

Ozinga Bails On 11th District Debate

Debbie Halvorson

If Republican congressional candidate Marty Ozinga hoped to stay off the political hot seat by backing out of tomorrow's 11th District debate ... well, he didn't do a very good job of it.

Among those quick to take shots at Ozinga this morning
is his Democratic rival ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:40am
Fri Sep 19, 2008

Debating The Debates

IL-11

Lots of congressional debate news this week, so let's run through it all.

First, 11th District GOP candidate Marty Ozinga is complaining about the choice of Southtown Star columnist Kristen McQueary as the moderator of a September 25 debate between he and Democrat ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
9:38am
Tue Sep 16, 2008

Ozinga Supports Rail Deal, But With A Questionable Caveat

Martin Ozinga

GOP congressional candidate Marty Ozinga decided this week to stop tiptoeing
around a controversial proposal to sell the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
(EJ&E) Railway to Canadian National Railway (CN) and state his support for the $300 million deal.

But as the ...