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'''Roland Burris''' (b. 1937), a [[liberal]] [[Democrat]], is the former U.S. Senator from [[Illinois]]. He announced thsat he would not seek reelection in 2010. In 1978 he became the first [[African American]] elected to statewide office in Illinois, and in 1990 was elected state attorney general. Since then he lost a series of primary elections and was considered a minor player in Illinois politics.  

'''Roland Burris''' (b. 1937), a [[liberal]] [[Democrat]], is the former U.S. Senator from [[Illinois]]. He announced that he would not seek reelection in 2010. In 1978 he became the first [[African American]] elected to statewide office in Illinois, and in 1990 was elected state attorney general. Since then he lost a series of primary elections and was considered a minor player in Illinois politics.  

Burris was named by Illinois Governor [[Rod Blagojevich]] to fill the vacant [[U.S. Senate]] seat of President-elect [[Barack Obama]], causing enormous uproar because  Blagojevich was being impeached for trying to sell that same seat. Blagojevich was convicted and removed from office in January 2009.

Burris was named by Illinois Governor [[Rod Blagojevich]] to fill the vacant [[U.S. Senate]] seat of President-elect [[Barack Obama]], causing enormous uproar because  Blagojevich was being impeached for trying to sell that same seat. Blagojevich was convicted and removed from office in January 2009.