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State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) said Sunday that he is "warming" to a bid to replace Jack Ryan as the state's Republican U.S. Senate nominee and has received the encouragement of his ex-boss, former two-term Gov. Jim Edgar, for making such a run.
Edgar "gave me a lot of ideas," Dillard said. "He convinced me that someone with my type of profile and experience, and especially with my uniqueness in the way that I line up against my friend and colleague,
Barack Obama, that the Democrat on the pedestal can be beaten."
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Dillard, 49, an 11-year member of the state Senate, initially expressed little immediate interest but acknowledged reconsidering after speaking to Edgar. In the three weeks since Ryan said he would resign the nomination in the aftermath of the court-ordered release of his divorce files, Republicans have had little luck in finding a credible contender to challenge Obama.
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Dillard said he believes that many voters still do not know much about Obama's voting record in the state Senate. Dillard also said he and Obama have jointly sponsored major pieces of legislation in Springfield.
"I think believes ... that a Dillard-Obama matchup would be good for the image of Illinois politics because it would be totally issue-oriented and friendly," Dillard said.
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