Steve Rauschenberger served as a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate from 1993 to 2007. He was first elected to the state Senate in 1992 as part of the famed Fab Five (a conservative class of Freshman all elected to the State Senate). In 2003 he was appointed to the Senate Republican Leadership team in 2003 as Assistant Republican Leader. On September 23, 2003, Rauschenberger announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

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  • Steve Rauschenberger served as a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate from 1993 to 2007. He was first elected to the state Senate in 1992 as part of the famed Fab Five (a conservative class of Freshman all elected to the State Senate). In 2003 he was appointed to the Senate Republican Leadership team in 2003 as Assistant Republican Leader. On September 23, 2003, Rauschenberger announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. He finished third in the March 16, 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate Republican primary election that was won by Jack Ryan, and was a front-runner to replace Ryan as the Republican nominee in the first two weeks after Ryan quit the Senate race. Rauschenberger announced on July 8, 2004 that he would not seek the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate—in part because he was never convinced he would have the financial support needed to wage a competitive campaign against Barack Obama who had announced two days earlier having raised $4 million in the second quarter of 2004. Rauschenberger's withdrawal was followed by a week of speculation about Mike Ditka replacing Ryan as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate.
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  • Steve Rauschenberger served as a Republican member of the Illinois State Senate from 1993 to 2007. He was first elected to the state Senate in 1992 as part of the famed Fab Five (a conservative class of Freshman all elected to the State Senate). In 2003 he was appointed to the Senate Republican Leadership team in 2003 as Assistant Republican Leader. On September 23, 2003, Rauschenberger announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
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  • Steve Rauschenberger
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