November 13, 2026
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You can see Karpen’s page on the PDA website, and the following is from the Karpen campaign:
Calling Jeremy an “advocate for Single Payer health care” and proclaiming that he will be “the progressive voice in the Illinois General Assembly,” the Chicago Chapter of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) announced their support of Jeremy’s campaign this week.
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From the Huffington Post (read the full thing here):
Jeremy Karpen figures if there was ever a year to do the impossible, this is it.
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From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Never in Cook County’s nearly 180 years has an independent been elected to countywide office, experts say, but some say it could happen this year.
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From Green Party Watch:
Rich Whitney, Illinois Green Party candidate for Governor, makes the cover of the latest issue of “Gay Chicago Magazine”. Whitney and the Green Party are favorably profiled in the cover story as a viable alternative to the “other candidates”.…
The Green Party candidate for governor of Illinois has the following posted on his website:
Rich Whitney will participate in numerous events in Northern Illinois this week.
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The state chair of the Illinois Green Party – which has a handful of local elected officials to its name and has received over 10 percent of the gubernatorial vote – Phil Huckelberry will be appearing on IPR’s blogtalkradio show next Monday, the 27th, at 8:30 PM EST. …
A letter to the editor from the Daily Herald in suburban Chicago:
In my whole life I have always voted for the person and the platform, certainly not just the party.
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The following video was sent out in an email to supporters, along with a fundraising message that appears below:
We are so close to the debates, we can feel it.
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The following was posted on the Whitney campaign’s website:
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