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Under constituents’ heat to deal with corruption exemplified by the multiple-count indictment of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), Illinois legislators on Oct. 15 approved placing a recall of governors law on the November 2 ballot. (more)

This is the third in a series of articles looking at the races most likely to determine whether Republicans capture or Democrats hold the majority in the U.S. Senate after Election Day. (more)

SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (AP) — Isaac Hayes, a conservative Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., is getting more attention lately — and not just because he shares a name with the soul legend known for the “Shaft” theme. (more)

On September 7, Mayor Daley told Chicagoans he wouldn’t be seeking re-election. Since then, we’ve all been wondering, “Is Rahm Emanuel running or isn’t he?” (more)

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. directed a major political fund-raiser to offer former Gov. Rod Blagojevich millions of dollars in campaign cash in return for an appointment to the U.S. Senate, sources said the fund-raiser has told federal authorities. (more)

When, after 21 years as Chicago’s mayor, Richard Daley announced last week he would not seek another term, all speculation immediately swung to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. But if President Obama’s closest adviser runs – Emanuel has yet to come out publicly either way on the subject – chances are he won’t win. (more)

JoAnn Chiakulas, the female juror who saved Rod Blagojevich’s hide when she voted against 11 other jurors not to convict on charges he tried to sell the senate seat, says she “didn’t do it for him.” (more)

CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich thinks a future in politics is still a possibility. (more)

CHICAGO — Around here, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and, lately, the overseer of the prosecution of former Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, has been called a modern-day Eliot Ness. His name has been tossed about, without his participation, as a future mayor or governor or something. A radio host once introduced him as “the biggest Chicago guy or gal there is,” aside, maybe, from Oprah Winfrey. (more)

When former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was found guilty on one count of lying to federal agents, he joined a long line of Illinois governors and politicos whose misdeeds bound them to fates ranging from mere social rebuke to extended stays in a variety of penal institutions. (more)

Feeling the eyes of the nation upon them, jurors in the corruption trial of Rod Blagojevich grew tense as realization sank in earlier this week that they might convict the former governor on only one of 24 counts he faced. (more)

Outside a Chicago courtroom on Tuesday, former Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich orated what some could remember — anything is possible — as a 21st century “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” fused with the rhetorical stylings of the late, great OJ Simpson attorney Johnnie “If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit” Cochran. (more)

“I’ve got this thing, and it’s (expletive) golden. And I’m just not giving it up for (expletive) nothing. I’m not going to do it. And I can always use it. I can parachute me there.” – Governor Rod Blagojevich on Obama’s Senate seat (more)

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury deadlocked Tuesday on all but one of 24 charges against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, including the most explosive of all — that he tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Blagojevich was convicted on a single, less serious count of lying to federal agents. (more)

In the realm of public perception, the Democrats could not give RNC Chairman Michael Steele any more fodder before the Republicans begin their “Fire Pelosi” bus tour:  (more)

CHICAGO (AP) — As jurors in Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial begin a three-day break from deliberations Friday, the former governor, attorneys and other court watchers are left with another agonizing wait to learn whether the panel will resolve its deadlock on some charges, and how quickly. (more)

The jury in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial sent a note to Judge James Zagel Wednesday afternoon saying that they couldn’t reach a decision on a number of counts. (more)

Democratic Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell said last week on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that it is not impossible to imagine a primary challenge to President Obama in 2012 from an anti-war progressive who opposes the administration’s policy in Afghanistan. A spokesman for Rendell clarified the governor’s remarks to The Daily Caller saying that such a challenge would only come from a candidate from the “left fringe” of the Democratic Party. (more)

The trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich took an unexpected twist when the judge threatened to jail defense lawyer Sam Adam, Jr. for contempt of court. (more)

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — A life-size Elvis Presley statue that once belonged to ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich could be up for auction. (more)