Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Lipinski’s Congressional office will hold a grand opening at Central Square in Lockport beginning at 11 a.m. Friday.
Area officials will join U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (IL-3) at a ceremonial ribbon cutting for his new Third Congressional District office at 11 a.m. Friday. The new office will be located on the first floor of Central Square at 222 East 9th St. in Lockport. The hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. No appointments are necessary. In keeping with the congressman’s goal of locating his district offices in close proximity to local government offices, the Lockport office will be in the same building as the City of Lockport, Lockport Township, and the Lockport Township Park District. “As an elected official who strives to be involved in the communities I represent, I am excited to open a new office in Lockport’s historic downtown area…
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
With nearly 90 percent of the vote, incumbent Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Western Springs) has easily cruised by challenger Farah Baqai.
Incumbent Democratic 3rd District Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Western Springs) easily won the Democratic nomination to run for his fifth term in Congress on Tuesday, defeating challenger Farah Baqai by a vote margin of nearly 9-1. Baqai was challenging the moderate Lipinski from the left, but stood virtually no chance against a Lipinski name that is a perennial force in Cook County Democratic politics. “Tomorrow we go back to work—the work never ends,” Lipinski told supporters in Chicago’s Garfield Ridge. “I’m working to make sure that people who do bring a hard day’s work [and] who play by the rules get rewarded. That’s the most important thing. That’s what I stand for, and that’s why today we’ve come through with a big victory with your help.” …
Hometown factory-supervisor faces Congressman Dan Lipinski in 3rd Congressional race in November.
Factory-supervisor Rich Grabowski handily won the Republican nomination in the Illinois 3rd Congressional District. Grabowski, a constitutional conservative, faces Democratic Congressman Dan Lipinski in November. The Hometown man beat Western Springs-attorney Jim Falvey in a 2-to-1 landslide. Perennial fringe candidate and Holocaust denier Arthur J. Jones of Lyons came in a distant third. Grabowski won 59 percent of the vote with 20,536, followed by Falvey with 29 percent or 10,287, and Jones capturing 10 percent with 3,797. Asked what he was going to do next, Grabowski answered, “sleep.” “I haven’t done that for awhile,” he continued. “Tomorrow I will start work at 6:30 a.m. and see if I have further discussions with my boss.” Grabowski …
Republicans, Democrats battle it out for the nomination.
In a hotly contested race (on both sides), four challengers are hoping to unseat incumbent Democrat Dan Lipinski in the Third Congressional District. 5772
ABC-7 declares Hometown man winner of 3rd Congressional District GOP nomination.
ABC7 has declared Richard L. Grabowski of Hometown the winner of the GOP primary for the Congressional 3rd District. Grabowski handily beat Western Springs attorney Jim Falvey and neo-Nazi Arthur J. Jones of Lyons for the Republican nomination. Grabowski goes up against incumbent Democrat Congressman Dan Lipinski in November.
With nearly 90 percent of vote in, Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-Western Springs) overtakes challenger Farah Baqai (D-Chicago) in Democratic primary.
Congressman Daniel William Lipinski easily trounced Chicago police officer Farah Baqai to win the Democratic nomination for the Third Illinois Congressional District.
