Schakowsky To Run For Burris Senate Seat If Special Election Held

The Hill:

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said Monday that if Illinois holds a special election for Sen. Roland Burris's (D) seat, she will be a candidate.

In an interview with The Hill, Schakowsky said she has all the pieces in place to jump into the race immediately if a special election is declared.

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[carnelld]

The Honorable Jan Schakowsky.

The following is an excerpt from Wikipedia regarding Schakowsky.:

On March 11, 2004, Schakowsky's husband, lobbyist Robert Creamer, the executive director of the Illinois Public Action Fund, was indicted in federal court on 16 counts of bank fraud involving three alleged check-kiting schemes in the mid-1990s, leading several banks to experience shortfalls of at least $2.3 million[8].

"He is innocent," Schakowsky said in a statement [9]. In August 2005, Creamer pleaded guilty to one count of failure to collect withholding tax, and bank fraud for writing checks with insufficient funds. All of the money was repaid.

According to USA Today Congresswoman "Schakowsky has not been accused of any wrongdoing." [1] Schakowsky served on the organization's board during the time the crimes occurred [10] and Schakowsky signed the IRS filings along with her husband[9].

U.S. District Judge James B. Moran noted no one suffered "out of pocket losses" and Creamer acted not out of greed but in an effort to keep his community action group going without cutting programs, though Creamer paid his own $100,000 salary with fraudulently obtained funds. [2]

On April 5, 2006, Creamer was sentenced to five months in prison and 11 months house arrest [11]. Creamer served his 5 month incarceration at the Federal Correction Institute in Terre Haute, Indiana and was released on November 3, 2006. [3]

[postman606]

She has lobbyist, husband problems.

[rabiddog6708]

Burris will never win the primary next year. It would be nice if he could be defeated before then but he is a goner next year regardless.

[mjb5406]

Guess it's a moot point... the Black politicians, caucuses and ministers played the race card with Governor Quinn and he caved.