Kane County Democrats' Truman Dinner speaker lineup includes Durbin, Duckworth, Krishnamoorthi
Raja Krishnamoorthi is a listed fundraiser speaker and is seeking the Democratic nomination for Durbin’s Senate seat.

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Kane County Democrats announced a March fundraiser featuring Rep. Jason Crow as keynote speaker and Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi among the other speakers. The article also notes Crow’s involvement in a video urging service members not to obey unlawful orders and Krishnamoorthi’s Senate campaign.
Kane County Democrats’ annual Truman Fundraiser is scheduled for March 8 at the Q Center in St. Charles. Rep. Jason Crow is the keynote speaker; other listed speakers include Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth and Reps. Lauren Underwood, Bill Foster and Raja Krishnamoorthi. The article says ticket proceeds support local candidates and office rent.
The article reports that Crow joined five other Democratic lawmakers in a video urging military and intelligence personnel not to obey unlawful orders. It says President Donald Trump accused the lawmakers of “seditious behavior” and that the Trump administration failed to obtain an indictment against them. It also notes that Krishnamoorthi is seeking the Democratic nomination for Durbin’s Senate seat and describes Durbin’s advocacy for the DREAM Act.
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VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Krishnamoorthi in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Krishnamoorthi’s record.
People in this story
SWIPE →Speaker at the fundraiser and candidate seeking the Democratic nomination for Durbin’s Senate seat
Keynote speaker at the fundraiser and one of the lawmakers in the video
Crow's version of this story ↗Speaker at the fundraiser and retiring senator whose seat Raja Krishnamoorthi is seeking
Durbin's version of this story ↗Speaker at the fundraiser
One of the lawmakers who joined Crow in the video
President who accused the lawmakers of seditious behavior
One of the lawmakers who joined Crow in the video
One of the lawmakers who joined Crow in the video
One of the lawmakers who joined Crow in the video
One of the lawmakers who joined Crow in the video
Speaker at the fundraiser
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