Blackjack king outspends Dem rival 4-1 in Senate bid (Illinois)

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$19,261.09 a day. That's how much millionaire investor M. Blair Hull has spent on his Democratic campaign for the U.S. Senate over the past three months alone.

The primary is more than eight months away, but the political novice and former blackjack ace has already spent $3.5 million since he entered the race last year.

That's nearly double the $1.8 million the other seven Democrats and Republicans in the race have spent combined. And it's nearly four times the $914,480 former Chicago School Board President Gery Chico, the No. 2 spender, dished out.

"Wow, wow, wow, wow," said Michael Golden, Chico's campaign manager, when told of Hull's spending. "That is something."

(Do you get the impression that Mr. Hull really, really, really wants to be the next Dem senator from Illinois?)

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