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Last Updated on Friday, 10 July 2009 10:23 Written by rslcpol Friday, 10 July 2009 10:23
From Herald & Review:
State Sen. Kirk Dillard returned to his wife Stephanie’s ancestral home at the Governor Oglesby Mansion on Wednesday to announce his candidacy for governor in 2010.
“Sometimes Decatur, because it’s between the state capital and the great state university in Champaign, is overlooked as one of the great Central Illinois cities,” Dillard said. “It is wonderful to be back in this home.”
The Hinsdale Republican invoked the legacy of Illinois’s 14th governor, Richard Oglesby, in the parlor of the historic home after rain forced his announcement inside. Dillard’s wife is a descendant of Oglesby, and his daughter Emma is named for Oglesby’s wife.