Illinois, United States - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Illinois, United States Index / Locations Transcripts Harry Reid ...a young man running for the Senate in Illinois . I'd like you to look at him, see i... ...I did, I had a leadership team, Durbin, Illinois ; Schumer, New York; Patty Murray... Danielle Gray ...York. He was running for congress in Illinois , obviously. Fast forward to 2003... ...Chicago, and his family was living in Illinois and paying attention to this US Senat... ...completely bizarre. Eventually, the Illinois Republican party recruited Alan Keye... ...on certain votes that he took in the Illinois state senate around abortion. And ... Mark Luttrell ...of the council of Cook County, Illinois . I had a chance to work with her o... LaShana Lewis ...I was born in Belleville, Illinois —so not too far away—at Sain... ...and was raised in East St. Louis, Illinois . My family lived there, and I wa... ...a different world from East St. Louis, Illinois , where we would scoff at two, thre... Lori Wallach ...of reasons, just even thinking about Illinois , that should have been an easy cal... John Brennan ...taken note of this young senator from Illinois , who seemed to be ambitious and ha... Robert Gates ...out. We surveyed federal prisons in Illinois . We thought we really had a live on... ...We thought we really had a live one in Illinois . It was a brand-new prison. It stoo... ...One, the members of Congress from Illinois wanted no part of it. It was sort o... ...very happy to support bringing them to Illinois or to Charleston. We could make thos... William Burns ...took as a young state representative in Illinois during the war opposing it, that i... Mark Lippert ...and to hook his wagon to this guy from Illinois , not an uncomplicated piece o... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Russia Russia go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Immigration Immigration go to the Democrats Democrats