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Article: GOP list down to a surprising pair Former Bush anti-drug official and radio talk show host from Maryland up for Senate candidacy.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- August 4, 2004
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Byline: Eric Krol Daily Herald Political Writer
Republican leaders desperate for a U.S. Senate candidate reached into what's left of their political trick bag Tuesday and pulled out two potential challengers for Democrat Barack Obama: a former Bush administration anti-drug official reprimanded for making sexually inappropriate comments to an underling and a conservative radio talk show host who lives in Maryland.
While the GOP state central committee's selection of Andrea Grubb Barthwell and Alan Keyes as Senate finalists puzzled most Republicans, one thing is certain: Illinois voters this fall will be electing only the third black U.S. senator since the ...