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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 3/6/2009
Democrats vote down special election for Roland Burris Senate seat | Clout Street - local political coverage
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Posted by Ray Long at 12:45 p.m.; updated at 2:40 p.m . SPRINGFIELD---Over Republican objections, Democrats who run the Illinois Senate defeated legislation today that would have allowed for a special election to replace appointed Democratic U.S. Sen. Roland Burris before his term ends in ...
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blogs.suntimes.com - 3/6/2009
New quid pro quo questions between Burris, Blagojevich. Sun-Times exclusive.
— blogs.suntimes.com — BY DAVE MCKINNEY AND CHRIS FUSCO Chicago Sun-Times Staff Reporters On the same December day then-Gov. Rod... Blagojevich named Roland Burris to fill President Obama's U.S. Senate vacancy, Burris' right-hand political man, Fred Lebed, phoned an associate ... (more) New quid pro quo questions between Burris, Blagojevich. ...

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The Page by Mark Halperin:  Illinois Panel Rejects Move to Replace Burris

Swing State Project:  SSP Daily Digest: 3/6

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right:  Senate Rankings, March 2009 Edition

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Illinois Panel Rejects Move to Replace Burris
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... Over GOP objections, Dems who run the Illinois Senate defeated legislation that would have allowed for a special election to replace Burris before his term ends. ...

SSP Daily Digest: 3/6
Swing State Project — ... ? IL-Sen: The prospect of a special election to replace Roland Burris was unlikely, given the expense, and now it just got a lot unlikelier: a 3-2 party-line vote against the election in a state senate committee has effectively put the idea to bed. ...

Senate Rankings, March 2009 Edition
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — ... The Illinois state senate voted down to a special election to replace Roland Burris, a decision that keeps the seat in Democratic hands for now but could allow the Republicans to claim the moral highground in 2010. Meanwhile, former Commerce Secretary Bill Daley ...

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