::I hated that he didn’t beat Obama in that Illinois election.::
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The fix was in.
Keyes entered the election sometime in August because the original candidate, Jack Ryan dropped out due to sealed custody documents detailing his divorce getting out. The fix was the unsealing of the documents.
Keyes was never a serious contender because of his late entry and because many voters considered him a hypocrite. He had widely criticized Hillary Clinton for carpetbagging the Senate seat in NY, yet Keyes did the same in running for the Senate seat.