January 7, 2009
Courtesy of MICK DUMKE at the Chicago Reader’s blog Clout City. Summary of Roland Burris’ campaigns.
|
YEAR |
OFFICE |
ELECTION |
OPPONENTS |
RESULT |
|
1976 |
Illinois comptroller |
primary |
Michael Bakalis |
Lost |
|
1978 |
Illinois comptroller |
primary |
Richard Luft |
Won |
|
1978 |
Illinois comptroller |
general |
John Castle |
Won |
|
1982 |
Illinois comptroller |
primary |
none |
Won |
|
1982 |
Illinois comptroller |
general |
Cal Skinner Jr. |
Won |
|
1984 |
U.S. Senate |
primary |
Paul Simon |
Lost |
|
1986 |
Illinois comptroller |
primary |
Donald Clark |
Won |
|
1986 |
Illinois comptroller |
general |
Adeline Jay Geo-Karis |
Won |
|
1990 |
Illinois attorney general |
primary |
none |
Won |
|
1990 |
Illinois attorney general |
general |
Jim Ryan |
Won |
|
1994 |
Illinois governor |
primary |
Dawn Clark Netsch, Richard Phelan |
Lost |
|
1995 |
Chicago mayor |
general |
Richard M. Daley |
Lost |
|
1998 |
Illinois governor |
primary |
Glenn Poshard, John Schmidt |
Lost |
|
2002 |
Illinois governor |
primary |
Rod Blagojevich, Paul Vallas |
Lost |
His loss against Mayor Daley shouldn’t be counted because he never had a chance of winning. Even barry couldn’t beat Mayor Daley.
Note that in Burris’ recent loss against Blagojevich – blago was already under investigation. With his eye squarely on Washington, barry chose to endorse Burris. And now, once again, out of political expedience – barry’s MO – he ignores Burris and dumps the problem on somebody else — the people who got him where he is. They have got to be truly pist at barry for leaving them to handle it and not giving them a hand. But they of all people should know who barry is – they made him who he is.
How could Burris become persona non grata when barry was willing to endorse him for governor?
Was he tainted then?
