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Tom Geoghegan: I'm Running for Congress in IL-5
I'm running for Congress in the Fifth District of Illinois. As a Chicago lawyer for thirty years, I have fought for working people in the Fifth District and throughout the city. I have represented unions as well as people with no unions to protect them. In plant closings I have helped them ...
I'm running for Congress in IL-5. (Progressive candidacy announcement for Rahm's seat.)
dailykos.com — I’m running for Congress in the Fifth District of Illinois. As a Chicago lawyer for thirty years, I have fought for working people in the Fifth District and throughout the city. I have represented unions as well as people with no unions to protect ... (more) I'm running for Congress in IL-5. (Progressive candidacy ...
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actblue.com — Image of Tom Geoghegan Tom Geoghegan IL-05 ( Map ) Tom is running in the March 3rd special election primary in Illinois’ 5th district to replace Rahm Emanuel – one of the worst influences on Democratic politics in a generation. The idea that a ... (more) ActBlue
Mr. Geoghegan Goes to Washington
Mr. Geoghegan Goes to Washington
thegspot.typepad.com — By Kathy G.By now you've probably heard the news. Tom Geoghegan* -- author, labor lawyer, and all-round mensch -- is running for Congress. With Rahm Emanuel's departure to join Barack Obama's White House, his Congressional seat in Illinois's Fifth ... (more) Mr. Geoghegan Goes to Washington
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High Priced Republican Party Propaganda Campaign Seeks To Undermine Workers' Free Choice
DownWithTyranny! — ... Party shills now. The Employee Free Choice Act would be law and no one would be trying to coax reactionary "Democrats" like Mark Pryor and Blanche Lincoln to keep their word. It's more than symbolic that the next member elected to Congress is likely to be one of the strongest advocates for working families in the country, labor attorney Tom Geoghegan, who is running for the Chicago seat that has been abandoned by Rahm Emanuel. When Tom announced his candidacy last week he wrote at HuffPo that he "will have a single minded focus on the economic security to working Americans, ...

Raffle Winner #1 and Congressional candidate Tom Geoghegan at DC Fundraiser
Majikthise — ... WASHINGTON, DC. Labor lawyer Tom Geoghegan is running for Congress in Illinois' Fifth District. He's shown here at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C. He's one of several candidates in a special election to replace Rahm Emanuel, who left to become Obama's chief of staff. ...

Joe Trippi and Congressional Candidate Tom Geoghegan
Majikthise — ... Labor lawyer Tom Geoghegan is running for Congress in Illinois' 5th district. He's shown here at a fundraiser in Washington, DC. He's one of several candidates in a special election to replace Rahm Emanuel, who left to become Obama's chief of staff. ...

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