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Illinois GOP Asks Keyes to Run for Senate

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By MAURA KELLY LANNAN, Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO - Illinois Republican leaders asked Alan Keyes (news - web sites), an East Coast conservative who says out-of-state candidates aren't a good idea on principle, to be their U.S. Senate candidate Wednesday. But like a string of previous possiblities, Keyes said he needed a few days to think about it before deciding.

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Oh, I had assumed Keyes had accepted. I suspect he will decline. Where will he get funding? This whole thread is a waste of time.

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Illinois GOP asks Alan Keyes to be Senate candidate; he wants time
MAURA KELLY LANNAN

Associated Press

CHICAGO - > Illinois Republican leaders asked Alan Keyes, an East Coast conservative who says out-of-state candidates aren't a good idea on principle, to be their U.S. Senate candidate Wednesday. But like a string of previous possibilities, Keyes said he needed a few days to think about it before deciding.

Keyes told a news conference Wednesday night that he would make an announcement by Sunday.

"If I do step forward to accept this challenge, I will be laying it all on the line," he said.