Darlene Senger

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Senger declared she would run for Illinois's 11th congressional district during the summer of 2013. [7] She won a competitive [8] Republican primary in March 2014 with 37% of the vote, defeating three other challengers. [9] Senger then proceeded to the general election, where she would face Democratic incumbent Bill Foster. [10] Foster defeated Senger 53.5%-46.5% in the general election on November 4, 2014. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Darlene Senger". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "State Rep. Senger may run for Congress". The Naperville Sun, July 17, 2013, page 3.
  3. ↑ "Darlene Senger". 98th Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  4. ↑ "MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TASK FORCE AND FEDERAL RELATIONS WORKING GROUP" (PDF). Commoncause.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  5. ↑ Miller, Rich (August 7, 2017). "Senger hired as Rauner's new chief legislative liaison". Capitol Fax . Springfield, Illinois . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ Brian C. Thomas. "Are women livestock? Why did IL House Agriculture Committee send a bill limiting a woman's right to choose to the full House? | Your Doubting Thomas". Chicagonow.com. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
  7. ↑ Frick Carlman, Susan (July 29, 2013). "Senger joins 11th Dist. Congress race". Post-Tribune . Merrillville, Indiana. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  8. ↑ Cahn, Emily (December 4, 2013). "Most Competitive Primary in Ill. Is for Foster's Seat". Roll Call . Washington, D.C. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Official Illinois State Board of Elections Results - March 18, 2014 Primary Election (P. 31)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 21, 2014. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  10. ↑ Jenco, Melissa (October 23, 2014) - "11th District House Race Pits Senger Against Foster". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Illinois General Election 2014". Illinois State Board of Elections. 2014-11-04. Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
Darlene Senger
Darlene Senger 2013-05-13.png
Member of the IllinoisHouseofRepresentatives
from the 41st district
In office
January 2013 –January 2015
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Illinois Comptroller
2018 		Succeeded by
Shannon Teresi


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