Major Tammy Duckworth, in Illinois CD race, her story her fight/our fight

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Duckworth, Roskam lead in campaign fund raising

BY KAREN SHOFFNER
STAFF WRITER

An Iraqi war vet and a veteran state senator are off to a fast start collecting campaign funds for the 6th District congressional race to succeed Republican Henry Hyde, according to their staffs.

Tammy Duckworth, the Iraqi war veteran and neophyte political candidate, is running as a Democrat. Her campaign people say she raised more than $120,000 in the two weeks between Dec. 18, when she declared her candidacy, and Dec. 31, calling that an "incredible accomplishment."

"(The contributions) were generated by people who have seen or heard Tammy and agree with her stance on health, education, retirement security and the environment. It's an incredible accomplishment and puts us on track to be competitive against the presumptive Republican nominee, Peter Roskam," said Billy Weinberg, the Duckworth campaign's spokesman.

Duckworth, who faces a March 21 primary fight, has raised far fewer dollars than the Republican, Roskam, who is unopposed.

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Army Maj. Ladda "Tammy" Duckworth of the Illinois Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 106th Aviation Regiment, narrates the "Salute to Fallen Asian Pacific Islander Heroes." during the Defense Department's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month luncheon and military awards ceremony in Arlington, Va., June 2. An Army Black Hawk helicopter pilot, Duckworth suffered the loss of both legs when a rocket-propelled grenade penetrated her helicopter beneath her feet and exploded at her knees in Iraq.





‘The pedals were gone, and so were my legs’
Maj. Ladda 'Tammy' Duckworth, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal

By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
Heroes, Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Maj. Ladda “Tammy” Duckworth remembers seeing a ball of flame after an RPG hit her helicopter, and wondering why her legs couldn’t work the control pedals.

“I found out later the pedals were gone, and so were my legs,” she said.

The 36-year-old Illinois Army National Guard pilot was returning from a mission Nov. 12 when the attack occurred. Before the attack, Duckworth said, she had flown more than 120 combat hours during her eight months in Iraq without incident.

But that day insurgents scored a direct hit on her Black Hawk, seriously wounding her and another guardsman inside. Doctors told her she lost nearly half the blood in her body and almost lost her right arm as well.






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[11cents]

1. I saw Maj. Duckworth on C-SPAN about a year ago.

C-SPAN was doing portraits of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed, and there was an interview with Duckworth and her husband. No explicitly political content, and I didn't remember her name, but I did remember *her* because both she and her husband were so impressive and likable. They seemed smart, emotionally sound, and you felt that they had a good marriage. I was so pleased to learn recently that she was running for Congress as a Democrat!

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2. kick 4 Tammy

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3. I sent this to my daughter who was a Captain in the US AF.

She also lives in IL, but not that district. I imagine she may want to donate to her campaign.
Thanks for the info.

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4. WOW-- thats so cool-- thanks--

Tammy will need plenty of Volunteers too- come Sept/Oct.