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Some in Illinois Want Ditka for Da Senate
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Jul 13, 2004 04:42pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, July 13, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Some in Illinois Want Ditka for Da Senate
The Honolulu Advertiser
In a measure of the Illinois Republican Party's desperation and Chicago's devotion to Da Bears, a movement is afoot to draft the team's brash, tough-talking former coach Mike Ditka to run for the U.S. Senate. What started out almost as a lark has become a real possibility to the Illinois Republican Party, which has been unable to find anyone of stature who wants the Senate nomination. The party's top choices have refused to run, leaving GOP leaders scrambling to find a replacement with the money and recognition to beat state Sen. Barack Obama, a Democratic rising star, with less than four months to go before the election. Thousands of fans have weighed on the www.draftditka.com Web site - created to urge Ditka to become the state's GOP chairman but transformed into a Ditka-for-Senate movement.
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