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Roland Wallace Burris (born August 3, 1937) [1] is an American retired Democratic politician and attorney who served as Attorney General of Illinois from 1991 to 1995. In January 2009, he was appointed a United States Senator, succeeding Barack Obama, who resigned to become president of the United States. [2]
Incumbent Senator Roland Burris did not run for a full term in 2010. [9] Burris suffered from poor approval ratings [19] and was investigated by the Sangamon County, Illinois State's Attorney for perjury. [20] Although no criminal charges were filed against him, Burris faced an investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee. [21]
The Democratic primary was a very close 3-way race. Blagojevich prevailed by just 25,469 votes, and just by 2.03%. Vallas did very well in the Chicago suburbs, and narrowly defeated Burris in Cook County, the most populous county in the state. Vallas led early on in the night with Burris in second and Blagojevich in third.
Senators from Illinois are elected to class 2 and class 3. The Senate twice refused to seat Frank L. Smith , in December 1926 for an appointed term and in March 1927 for an elected one, due to corruption, but he is included in this list because Smith and the Governor considered him to be a senator for approximately two years.
Illinois's current congressional delegation in the 119th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Democrats, and its 17 representatives: 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans. The current dean of the Illinois delegation is Senator Dick Durbin , having served in the Senate since 1997 and in Congress since 1983.
Roland Burris (IL Senate) – retired from Congress in 2010; Julia Carson (IN-7) – died in 2007; Donna M. Christensen (Virgin Islands) – retired from Congress in 2014; David Cicilline (RI-1, Providence) - retired from Congress in 2023; John Conyers (MI-13) – resigned from Congress in 2017; Elijah Cummings (MD-7) – died in 2019
Illinois is a Democratic stronghold in presidential elections and one of the "Big Three" Democratic strongholds ... Roland Burris (D) Jerome Cosentino (D) 32D, 27R ...
Burris filed an affidavit with the Illinois House committee that oversaw Governor Blagojevich's impeachment, dated February 5, to supplement his earlier answer to a question posed by the committee. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] Burris acknowledged Rob Blagojevich requested "assistance in fund-raising" for the governor three times in the weeks and months before ...