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Democratic US Senator from Illinois
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Noteworthy Roland Burris News:
In July, 2009, Burris announced he would not run in 2010, despite having earlier indicated otherwise
In 2009, a transcript of a November 2008 wiretap was released; Burris told a Blagojevich rep he would
"give him a check" for the Senate seat; Burris signed a 2009 affidavit denying any such contact
In 2008, Burris was appointed by Governor Rod Blagojevich to replace Barack Obama as Junior Senator from Illinois (Blagojevich
later claimed that only Burris had the ego to fight to be seated)
In 1998, in one of four straight electoral defeats, Burris referred to opponents as "nonqualified white boys"
In 1993, Burris helped organize Chicago's first Gun Turn-in Day. The following year, he admitted that he kept a handgun in his home
which he had "forgotten about"
In 1992, Illinois Attorney General Burris refused to heed the urgings of an Assistant Attorney General to re-examine the case of
a Death Row inmate who was later exonerated
Senator Burris is retiring in 2010. Those running for Senator Burris's Senate Seat include:
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