nytimes.com - 12/9/2008
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Top Illinois lawmakers said Tuesday that they are preparing to call the Legislature into session as early as next week to set a special election, hoping to avert the possibility of an indicted governor picking the state's next U.S. senator.
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 12/9/2008
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
Durbin is calling for a new election to
replace Obama. (CNN) — Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin said...
Tuesday he wants a special election called to fill President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat. At a press conference with reporters on Capitol Hill, ...
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Durbin wants special election to replace Obama
thehill.com - 12/9/2008
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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 ...
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Durbin calls for special Senate election
msnbc.msn.com - 12/9/2008
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msnbc.msn.com —
Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois says the state's
legislature should order a special election to fill President-elect...
Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat rather than allow Gov. Rod Blagojevich to pick a new senator.
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Durbin urges special election to succeed Obama
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Rod Blagojevich Arrest: Legal And Political Fallout
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... Indeed, as pointed out by the Associated Press, "Several would-be senators have been rejected that way, usually when their election was corrupted or deeply in question. The last appointed person to be refused a seat came from Alabama in 1913, when the Senate concluded the state legislature had not given the governor the power to fill a vacancy, said Senate associate historian Don Ritchie." ...
Rod Blagojevich Arrest: Legal And Political Fallout
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... Indeed, as pointed out by the Associated Press, "Several would-be senators have been rejected that way, usually when their election was corrupted or deeply in question. The last appointed person to be refused a seat came from Alabama in 1913, when the Senate concluded the state legislature had not given the governor the power to fill a vacancy, said Senate associate historian Don Ritchie." ...
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