Question: In the 1950s, a man from Bloomington-Normal — Democrat Adlai Stevenson II — ran for president ... did Stevenson manage to win his own hometown? Answer: Not even close.

"He's too young and he's traveling on the reputation of his father," a hostile Winnetka Republican said recently of Adlai E. Stevenson III '52, the Democratic candidate for Treasurer of Illinois.

Stevenson, son of the Democratic nominee, Governor Adlai Stevenson, spent the latter part of the summer accompanying his father on tour around the country. But on all controversial questions ...

Question: That bronzed sculpture greeting travelers at Central Illinois Regional Airport — of twice-presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II, sitting on a bench with his feet up on a travel ...