Fri, Jul 10th, 2009
The US Senate seat held by Roland Burris of Illinois will be up for grabs in 2010 with the expected announcement in Chicago Friday that Senator Burris will not run for reelection.
Burris, a Democrat and former state attorney general, was nominated to the seat under the cloud of controversy that engulfed former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Mr. Blagojevich faces 19 counts of federal corruption charges that include allegations he sought to sell the seat formerly occupied by President Obama.
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Roland Burris officially bows out of 2010 Senate election
Jul 9th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune.com
Beleaguered U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris announced Friday that he would not seek a full term, saying it was more important to serve Illinois residents than to try to raise the millions needed for what would have been a tough campaign.
Roland Burris Confirms: No Senate Run In 2010, Says It's About Money
Jul 9th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
CHICAGO — Embattled Illinois Sen. Roland Burris planned Friday to say he won't run for a full term in 2010, making official the end of a short Senate career clouded by the circumstances of his appointment by disgraced former Gov...
Burris won't run for full Senate term
Jul 9th, 2009 - Boston.com
WASHINGTON - Senator Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will not run for a full Senate term in 2010...
AP source: Burris won't run for full Senate term
Jul 9th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – A Democratic official says Roland Burris will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The source says Burris has begun informing Democratic officials about his decision...
Governor, Senate candidates charging out of the gate
Jul 9th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune.com
The floodgates in Illinois politics opened Wednesday after Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan passed on running for governor or U.S. Senate, a decision that also improves the chances of unelected Gov...
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- Roland Burris in Illinois...Newly sworn-in Senator Roland Burris of Illinois first ran for the office of US Senator in 1984. This is a ten-minute excerpt of a Democratic debate from the 1984 primary race, which Burris eventually lost to Paul Simon ...
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- 7/10/09 The Legacy of U.S...When it comes down to it, Thom Serafin says that US Senator Roland Burris' decision to not run for the seat he inherited this year is mostly due to his lack of fundraising ability. He reminds ...
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