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Cohen Quits Race in Illinois
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| Last Edited | TX DEM Feb 07, 2010 07:35pm |
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| News Date | Monday, February 8, 2010 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | That breeze you feel is Gov. Pat Quinn and the Illinois Democratic Party letting go a huge sigh of relief.
Scott Lee Cohen, the Democratic nominee for Illinois lieutenant governor, removed himself from the campaign Sunday, freeing Gov. Pat Quinn from the baggage Cohen brought to the ticket, but also leaving him without a running mate.
"I'm someone who made mistakes in my life. And look where I am. If I let you down I'm sorry," Cohen said.
For days, the pawn broker-turned Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor was dogged over allegations he abused anabolic steroids, went into fits of rage, sexually abused his then-wife, got behind in child support payments and held a knife to the throat of a former girlfriend who is a convicted prostitute.
But Cohen was never convicted of a crime and said he'd moved on from the transgressions of his past. And after spending a couple of million dollars of his own money on his campaign, he initially refused to step aside.
The vacancy leaves state party leaders -- not the electorate -- with the responsibility of replacing him on the ballot. |
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