Republican Kinzinger, 32, is looking to retake an area once was considered Republican territory. The 11th District seat represents the far southwest suburbs and includes parts of eight counties across ...

JOLIET | Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson, D-Crete, has been ranked as the most fiscally responsible Democrat of the Illinois Delegation in Congress by a conservative think tank. The ranking released ...

U.S. Rep Debbie Halvorson, D-Crete, will host a telephone town hall for constituents of the 11th District this at 6:50 p.m. Thursday, June 17, to discuss the economy and give an update on her efforts ...

Democrats won congressional campaigns in 2006 and 2008 campaigning as moderates. The party fielded candidates with attractive personal stories who did not stray far from the center. One of those ...

U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson, D-Crete, who now represents much of the same area in Congress as she did as a state senator from the south suburbs, has once again lent her voice in support of the proposed ...

SPRINGFIELD - Republican Martin Ozinga sounded a somber note during a conference call with reporters last week as he charted a course for the final days of his congressional campaign. | Interactive ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson says she's officially running to replace Jesse Jackson Jr. in Congress. Halvorson launched her campaign Monday, saying she's received numerous calls ...

Deborah L. Halvorson is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2009 until 2011. Previously, she served in the Illinois Senate from 1997 through 2009. She is a member of ...

WASHINGTON | U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson, D-Crete, voted this week to reject a pay raise for Congress during the 2011 fiscal year by cosponsoring and passing H.R. 5146 "At a time when many of our ...

CHICAGO HEIGHTS | Former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson kicked off her bid Thursday for a political comeback by trashing incumbent Jesse Jackson Jr., calling him "ethically challenged" and incapable of ...

SPRINGFIELD | Democrats in Washington, D.C., are wining and dining state Sen. Debbie Halvorson in an attempt to beef up their majority in Congress. The Crete Democrat over the weekend was in D.C., ...