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Blagojevich names Burris to Obama’s Senate seat

David Edwards
30 Dec 2008 at 16:01 ET

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In a Tuesday afternoon press conference, Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced that he had chosen former Ill. Attorney General to take Barack Obama’s Senate seat.

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David Edwards has served as an editor at Raw Story since 2006. His work can also be found at Crooks & Liars, and he's also been published at The BRAD BLOG. He came to Raw Story after working as a network manager for the state of North Carolina and as as engineer developing enterprise resource planning software. Follow him on Twitter at @DavidEdwards.

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Massachusetts town official calls CNN’s Symone Sanders a ‘stupid porch monkey’ in Facebook argument

‘He’s Trump — he can do what he wants!‘: GOP voters baffle CNN’s Alisyn Camerota by backing Afghanistan flip-flop

‘My actions were despicable’: Priest takes leave of absence after revealing secret KKK past

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1,000 lies and counting: Fact checker catalogs astonishing number of Trump untruths in just 7 months

Confederacy-loving student shown in viral flip-off photo kicked out of Christian college

‘We paid more taxes’: Mnuchin’s wife mocks critic who called her out for flaunting wealth in Instagram post

‘Leave Barron alone!’: Internet lights up conservative website for outfit-policing Trump’s youngest son

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Blagojevich names Burris to Obama’s Senate seat

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