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by Josh Kalven
10:46am
Sat Sep 13, 2008
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NYT Notes Ozinga's Health Care Comments

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On Thursday, the New York Times published an article on the health care debates occurring in congressional races around the country.  At one point, they noted the controversy surrounding comments made by 11th District Republican congressional candidate Marty Ozinga on a ...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
4:32pm
Fri Sep 12, 2008

Marty Ozinga Responds To EJ&E Flap

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In a talk-radio interview on WJOL this morning, 11th District GOP congressional candidate Marty Ozinga addressed a controversial
proposal to sell the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (EJ&E) Railway to
Canadian National Railway (CN). Ozinga has shied away from the
publicly-...

PI Original
by Angela Caputo
4:41pm
Thu Sep 11, 2008
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Halvorson: Ozinga Supports Controversial EJ&E Sale

Martin Ozinga

The controversy over the proposed sale of the
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (EJ&E) Railway to Canadian National Railway (CN) has been brewing in the Chicago suburbs for months.  A bipartisan group of suburban members of Congress --
including Reps. Melissa Bean, Peter ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
3:05pm
Thu Sep 11, 2008
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Weller Reappears, Touts CAFTA

Trade

Remember Republican Jerry Weller? Yeah, neither do we. But the
retiring 11th District Representative came out of hibernation yesterday
to write an op-ed in The Hill arguing that America's bi-lateral trade pacts have paid dividends for the American people.

From the piece...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
12:22pm
Fri Sep 5, 2008

Halvorson Campaign Releases Ad On Network TV

Debbie Halvorson

Today, Debbie Halvorson's 11th District congressional campaign released her first paid television advertisement.  While GOP candidate Marty Ozinga and the independent expenditure arm of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have both run ads on cable channels in the ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
10:57am
Mon Aug 25, 2008
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Southtown Star Catches Ozinga Push-Polling (UPDATED)

Martin Ozinga

The Southtown Star's Kristen McQueary has done some solid reporting on Marty Ozinga's congressional campaign, including her column picking apart
the Republican's comments downplaying America's health care crisis. In
yesterday's paper, she had another great catch: the Ozinga ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
5:09pm
Thu Aug 21, 2008
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11th District Vets Hit Ozinga For "Petty Campaign Tactics"

Debbie Halvorson

On Thursday, August 7, when the news surfaced that 11th District Democratic congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson's stepson, Jay Bush, had been seriously in injured while serving in Afghanistan, Marty Ozinga's GOP campaign told reporters it would suspend attacks on their ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:09am
Fri Aug 15, 2008

Herald News Hits Ozinga For Fake Mailer Family

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Today, the Herald News editorial board blasted 11th District GOP congressional candidate Marty Ozinga for sending out a mailer that featured an image of a smiling, attractive, young family beside text reading: "We're supporting Marty Ozinga for Congress." The problem...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:01pm
Wed Aug 13, 2008

Ozinga Camp Said It Would Suspend Attacks On Halvorson

Debbie Halvorson

Here's an interesting twist to our story surrounding Marty Ozinga's robocall attack on Debbie Halvorson yesterday.  It turns out that when the news surfaced last Thursday that Halvorson's stepson had been injured while serving in Afghanistan, the Ozinga campaign told the ...