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Durbin urges party members to keep working up to election

Originally Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2012, 9:42 pm
Last Updated: Oct. 25, 2012, 11:25 pm

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By Eric Timmons etimmons@qconline.com

MOLINE — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., urged Democratic Party members Thursday night to "keep working" as the clock ticks down to the Nov. 6 election.

Speaking at a rally in the Moline Vikings Club, Sen. Durbin also celebrated the federal purchase of the Thomson Correctional Center for $165 million at the start of October. More than 1,000 jobs reportedly will be created when the prison reopens as a federal institution, although funding has yet to be approved for needed upgrades and staff.

"I've been asked by the press, 'When is it going to open? When are we going to get the jobs?' There have been so many predictions made about this prison, I'm not going to make any tonight," Sen. Durbin said.

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White also spoke at the event, and a number of local Democratic candidates and office holders were present.

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