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Article: Moseley-Braun on Guard Over Turf in Senate
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- June 12, 1995
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It's a matter of turf.
That's Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun's take on the 1996 Democratic
primary for the U.S. Senate. As the city's first U.S. senator since
the late Paul H. Douglas in the 1960s and the only statewide
Democratic officeholder, she is hopeful that her new colleague will
be from somewhere else. Sen. Paul Simon, a Downstater, is retiring
next year. Moseley-Braun is promoting the election of another
Downstater as Simon's replacement. She doesn't want local
competition.
Her candidate for the Simon seat is U.S. Rep. Richard J. Durbin
of Springfield. Simon is also backing Durbin as his successor.
Moseley-Braun is endorsing Durbin today at a joint news conference
with Simon and ...