Alexi Giannoulias | Democrat for U.S. Senate

Just moments ago, Public Policy Polling released a new general election poll showing that I am the only candidate who can beat Republican Congressman Mark Kirk and who can keep President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat in Democratic hands. The poll has me beating Mark Kirk, 42% to 34%.

No other Democrat polls higher than Mark Kirk. 

The last six months have shown that the people of Iran are eager for democratic reforms and respect for human rights. Just as the Iranian regime is murdering peaceful protestors, it is reneging on a promise made to the U.N. Security Council last month that it would ship most of its low-enriched uranium abroad in exchange for fuel for a research reactor. In its attempt to shift the focus from its own failings, the regime continues its campaign against Israel’s right to exist, and supports the work of terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah. Read more

Below is a piece I wrote on DailyKos.com in June about our victory for Illinois workers:

Yesterday, I participated in a press conference in Des Plaines, Illinois to discuss the issue of jobs in Illinois. For the first time in a while, it wasn't to highlight the fact that Illinois is approximately 1% higher than the national average in unemployment, or that we are facing one of the worst fiscal crises in state government since the 1980s. Rather, it was to celebrate the fact that over one thousand workers in Illinois and over four thousand nationwide at Hartmarx Corp. are keeping their jobs making some of the finest suits in the country. Suits so special, our President wore one on the night he was elected.