Sen. Mark Kirk apologized Friday to his Democratic challenger Rep. Tammy Duckworth after using her Thai heritage to deride her family’s military history during a debate. CNN values your feedback 1.

After an awkward pause, Duckworth responded that she was “proud of both my father’s side and my mother’s side as an immigrant.” On Friday, Kirk apologized via Twitter.

Both Duckworth and Kirk breezed through the March primaries, each winning by more than 40 points. Kirk never debated his opponent, James Marter. Duckworth faced off against hers, Andrea Zopp and ...

Republican Mark Kirk of Illinois, fighting to retain his seat in the U.S. Senate, questioned the military of war veteran Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic congresswoman running against him.

In the hotly contested Illinois U.S. Senate race, Democratic challenger Tammy Duckworth is doing everything she can to link Republican incumbent Mark Kirk to Donald Trump. Even after Kirk said he ...

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Duckworth lost her legs when her helicopter was shot down in 2004. Kirk's scathing disavowal of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump likely won him votes in the Chicago area but cost him downstate.

Tammy Duckworth hits Mark Kirk for military embellishments In a speech Aug. 18 in Springfield, Ill., to the county leaders of the Illinois Democratic Party, U.S. Rep. Tammy ...

A debate between sitting Illinois Senator Mark Kirk and his Democratic opponent Representative Tammy Duckworth turned ugly on Thursday, when Kirk made racially-charged comments questioning the ...

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (left) got an apology from U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (right) after a remark Kirk made about Duckworth’s family heritage at this debate in Springfield last week. | Sun-Times ...

Republican senator Mark Kirk tells opponent Tammy Duckworth that her parents came 'all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington' His comment about two-term lawmaker Duckworth, who lost ...