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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:42 Written by rslcpol Monday, 1 February 2010 02:47
From Herald-Review.com:
— For the second time in eight years, a set of handcuffs may lead to political opportunity in Illinois.
Democrats retook the governor’s seat in 2002 after more than 25 years of Republican control, partly due to a scandal surrounding former Gov. George Ryan, which later sent him to prison.
Now, Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s December 2008 arrest and subsequent ouster from office may give Republicans an opportunity to turn the tables again. The primary is Tuesday.
Six candidates are vying to fill the top of the party’s ticket in a state that has generally rejected the national Republican Party’s hard-line positions.
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