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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Thursday, July 22, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republicans keep promising a vigorous challenge to Democrat Barack Obama in November's U.S. Senate race--when and if they can find a candidate, that is.
The futility of that search intensified Wednesday when state Sen. Kirk Dillard, recently named DuPage County GOP chairman, became the latest in an ever-growing list of party luminaries to say "thanks but no thanks" to the prospect of becoming an emergency fill-in after primary winner Jack Ryan bowed out.
Dillard, a Hinsdale resident, said he opted not to run because he didn't want to ignore his new county party post and because he believed his position in state government had more impact on the lives of Illinois residents than would a position in the U.S. Senate. But most importantly, he said, running for the federal post would take him away from his wife and their two young daughters, ages 3 and 10 months.
"To me, family comes first over politics, especially with young children," said Dillard, 49. "Given a vote between being a dad and a U.S. senator, I would vote to be a dad any time." |
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