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Article: COLUMN: Remember Blair Hull? Barack Obama does
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- December 22, 2006
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Matt Barnum
University Wire
12-22-2006
(Chicago Maroon) (U-WIRE) CHICAGO -- Like life, politics can turn on a moment.
Blair Hull will not be remembered by many; if anything, he will be a footnote in history. In 2004, Hull decided to seek the Democratic nomination for Illinois's open Senate seat, vacated by Peter Fitzgerald. Hull, who funded himself with $28 million, had a significant lead early on. Then allegations surfaced that he had threatened to kill his wife during an argument, and that he was arrested for battery, although charges were never filed. Nevertheless, the damage to Hull's campaign was done.
The chief beneficiary of Hull's meltdown was a little-known state senator from Hyde ...
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Article: M. BLAIR HULL
Chicago Sun-Times;
March 1, 2004 ;
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...M. BLAIR HULL AGE: 61 GEOGRAPHY: Born in Santa Monica, Calif., and grew up in Los Gatos, Calif. Now lives in Old Town Triangle neighborhood ...
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