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Madigan urged to oppose Sen. Burris
stltoday.com - 6/17/2009
Madigan urged to oppose Sen. Burris
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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is under pressure from top Democrats to abandon her long-expected campaign for governor and instead seek President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat next year, a switch she's seriously considering, say officials in Washington and Chicago. Madigan's ...
blogs.suntimes.com - 6/18/2009
Lisa Madigan, weighing Senate bid, meets with Obama, Jarrett and Emanuel at the White House
— blogs.suntimes.com — UPDATED WASHINGTON--The Obama White House is pushing to have Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan run for the U.S. Senate; she was at the White House last Friday meeting with President Obama, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Senior Advisor Valerie... (more) Lisa Madigan, weighing Senate bid, meets with Obama, ...

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rasmussenreports.com - 6/13/2009
61% of Illinois Voters Say They Would Definitely Vote Against Roland Burris
— rasmussenreports.com — Sixty-one percent (61%) of Illinois voters now say they would definitely vote against Democratic Senator Roland Burris if he runs for a full term in 2010, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state. That result is up from 54% ... (more) 61% of Illinois Voters Say They Would Definitely Vote ...

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progressillinois.com - 6/12/2009
Burris Adviser: "Roland ... Has Made Dick Durbin A Better Senator"
— progressillinois.com — From the department of dubious claims ... On Ray Hanania's WJJG radio show this morning, Delmarie Cobb, adviser to Sen. Roland Burris, said that she "jokes with Roland that he has made Dick Durbin a better senator than he ever was." She also ... (more) Burris Adviser: "Roland ... Has Made Dick Durbin A ...

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:  Madigan Urged to Consider Senate Bid

Swing State Project:  SSP Daily Digest: 6/17

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  White House: 'The President Is Not Going To Pick A Candidate In The Illinois Senate Race'

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Madigan Urged to Consider Senate Bid
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) "is under pressure from top Democrats to abandon her long-expected campaign for governor and instead seek President Obama's former U.S. Senate seat next year, a switch she's seriously considering," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. ...

SSP Daily Digest: 6/17
Swing State Project — ? IL-Sen: AG Lisa Madigan is still under a lot of pressure from inside the Beltway to move over from her preferred race (Governor) to the Senate race instead. Thing is, the pressure seems to be working (and the fact that Pat Quinn remains pretty popular also helps): she says she's "seriously considering it" and will decide within "four to six weeks" whether to run for gov, senate, or another term as AG. ...

White House: 'The President Is Not Going To Pick A Candidate In The Illinois Senate Race'
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Madigan's political director said this week that the AG will decide "within four to six weeks" whether to run for the Senate, governor or another term as the state's chief legal officer. Chris Kennedy, the president of a Chicago-based commercial real estate firm and son of Robert F. Kennedy, ...

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