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Durbin calls for special Senate election

Swing State Project found this 12/9/2008 on thehill.com

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Tuesday called for a special Illinois election to fill President-elect Obama’s Senate seat, instead of leaving it to arrested Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Calling it “a sad day for my state,” Durbin said Blagojevich deserves his day in court and that he was ...