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nytimes.com - 12/31/2008

Blagojevich’s First Pick for Senate Seat Turned It Down

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Representative Danny Davis said an emissary of Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich offered him the senate seat last week. >

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suntimes.com - 12/31/2008

Davis said thanks, but no thanks to Senate seat offer :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Lynn Sweet

— suntimes.com — 'TOO MUCH TURMOIL' | Congressman had sought seat, but when offered turned it down WASHINGTON -- Rep.... Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) would like to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate. The appointment was dangled before him last Wednesday. He ... (more) Davis said thanks, but no thanks to Senate seat offer  ...

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chicagobreakingnews.com - 1/1/2009

Burris goes to court for Senate seat

— chicagobreakingnews.com — Democrat Roland Burris went to the Illinois Supreme Court today to fight to be seated in the... U.S. Senate. Burris, appointed by disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday to the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama, asked the justices to force ... (more) Burris goes to court for Senate seat

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slate.com - 1/1/2009

How the Senate can stop Blagojevich. - By Akhil Reed Amar and Josh Chafetz - Slate Magazine  ...

— slate.com — Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (right) and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich (right)... and former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris Does the Constitution allow the Senate to refuse to seat Roland Burris, ... (more) How the Senate can stop Blagojevich. - By Akhil Reed ...

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Davis Turned Down Blagojevich Offer
Politics Daily — Filed under: Senate, Scandal, InvestigationsHmmm... turns out Burris wasn't the first choice: NYTimes.com At a Tuesday news conference here, Mr. Blagojevich breezily introduced Mr. Burris, a former Illinois attorney general, as the "next United States senator from Illinois." But United States Representative Danny Davis, who like Mr. Burris is a longtime fixture of the Illinois Democratic Party and an African-American, said he was offered the seat in a meeting with an emissary of the governor last Wednesday, and turned it ...

The Early Word: New Year's Day Edition
The Caucus — ... Reporting from Washington — Should Roland Burris show up for duty in the Senate on Tuesday, armed police officers stand ready to bar him from the floor. … Democratic leaders hope to avert such a standoff. And Burris, in an interview Wednesday, said he hoped to claim the Senate seat without added drama. Under a Chicago dateline, The Times’s Monica Davey and Rachel Swarns have the backstory on Governor Blagojevich’s decision to pick Mr. Burris: Political leaders here, nearly all of whom have been critical, suggested that the governor very likely had other ...