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Divernan

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Thu Aug-04-11 03:31 PM
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14. The Illinois GOP never nominated blacks to the US Senate

His only route to national office, AT THE TIME HE FIRST RAN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE, was through the Democratic party.

There have been only 4 black US senators since reconstruction.

The first and only GOP black senator was Ed Brooke from Massachusetts. Since he was defeated for re-election in 1978, there have been no GOP Senators nominated(to the best of my research findings), let alone elected.

The other three black senators were all Democrats and all from Illinois.
Carol Mosley Braun (one term)
Barack Obama (one term)
Roland Burris appointed to fill the remainder of Obama's term.

Obama picked the right state and the right political party to suit his ambitions.

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