# Possible 3rd Candidate in IL Senate race

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-3rd-candidate-in-il-senate-race/543362>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 15, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-3rd-candidate-in-il-senate-race/543362 "2010-06-15T22:43:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-3rd-candidate-in-il-senate-race/543362/21 "2010-07-27T16:41:07Z")

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That was Roland Burris, and he’s still got the seat, but his/Obama’s term is up.

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-3rd-candidate-in-il-senate-race/543362/22 "2010-07-27T16:43:17Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> OK, I’m now confused. Wasn’t Obama’s seat already filled by some guy Bighairovich appointed? Did he have to resign, or something?

A court has now overturned that appointment and ruled that a special election needs to be held. Six weeks before the regular election. :smack:

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-3rd-candidate-in-il-senate-race/543362/23 "2010-07-27T23:53:21Z")

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> [@lel](#):
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> On the face of things, Illinois doesn’t strike me as a state where you can play the card of trying to force someone to the right as a political tactic very well.
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> I doubt the tactic will go off very well in a blue state.

Well, there are such things as . . . ILLINOIS NAZIS!

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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-3rd-candidate-in-il-senate-race/543362/24 "2010-07-28T00:14:32Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> That was Roland Burris, and he’s still got the seat, but his/Obama’s term is up.

I only hope he hasn’t already chiseled “U.S. Senate 2009-2011” on his tombstone.

Must be some weird state law designed to kick in if 2 or 4 years was left in the term. I can’t imagine any state legislature intending to pass a law that required an election for a seat that expired in 8 weeks. Has to be an accident.

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