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Article: Mega-donor gives Senate a go Blair Hull says he's set to shell out $40 million of his La Salle Street fortune to take Fitzgerald's seat
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- June 13, 2002
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Blair Hull, who I do not expect many of you to know--I just met
him on Tuesday--is running for the U.S. Senate. We met for lunch in
Washington to talk about the 2004 Illinois race, where a stack of
Democrats are lining up to knock off Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.).
If you are not familiar with Hull's name, there is a reason. A
political donor of modest amounts who at the end of 2001 kicked up
his contributions and fund-raising efforts to the mega-level, Hull
has never been on a ballot.
He said he never really thought about running for public office
until a North Side House seat opened up when Rep. Rod Blagojevich (D-
Ill.) decided to run for governor. Hull took a poll and decided that