Schakowsky to announce she won’t run
Monday, Jun 8, 2009 - Posted by Rich Miller
* US Rep. Jan Schakowsky is holding a “media availability” this morning at 10:45 at Devonshire Elementary School in Skokie…
Schakowsky will be available to answer questions on all topics of interest to the press.
Schakowsky has said she will make her announcement today about whether she’ll run for the US Senate…
The Evanston Democrat isn’t returning phone calls, and those close to her aren’t saying. But, for what it’s worth, the announcement is scheduled to occur in Skokie, in the center of Ms. Schakowsky’s district, rather than in, say, the Loop, a good place to reach a statewide audience.
Berkowitz says she’s not running…
Reliable sources have told this journalist that Cong. Jan Schakowsky (D- Evanston, 9th CD) will announce tomorrow morning her decision not to run in the 2010 Democratic Primary for the Senate seat previously held by Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald, Democratic President Barack Obama and currently held by Democratic Senator Roland Burris.
And she confirmed that to Lynn Sweet…
After exploring a Senate run, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) told me Sunday she instead will seek another term in the House. […]
In a statement to be released today, Schakowsky, an Evanston resident first elected to Congress in 1998, said the time requirements to raise the millions of dollars need to run in the Senate contest would have turned her into “a telemarketer five to six hours each day.”
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