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The Washington Post “Kirk drops out” story has been denied by the Kirk camp and IL GOP insiders (like Gov. Edgar and Rep. Biggert, who are still endorsing Kirk). Apparently the confusion stems from the fact that fellow combiner IL GOP Chairman McKenna still wants to run, and the combine will only allow one of them to run. Either Kirk or McKenna would have to drop out and endorse the other one. They're “negotiating” it this weekend.

Posted in the last hour:

Kirk still running — with one big caveat
http://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0709/Kirk_still_running__with_one_big_caveat.html

The latest on Mark Kirk running for Senate: still in. What will McKenna do?
By
Lynn Sweet
on July 10, 2009 4:25 PM
There have been several reports Friday that Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) was not going to run for the Senate. The latest I have from Kirk's operation is that Kirk is still contemplating a bid. The bump here is that GOP Illinois Party Chief Andy McKenna—who had been recruiting Kirk to run—is now mulling a race himself. Kirk and McKenna met with members of the Illinois House delegation yesterday. The delegation is leaning heavily towards backing Kirk, one of their own.
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/07/the_latest_on_mark_kirk_runnin.html

Washington Post Kirk Story WRONG
Illinois Review has learned from Republican Party sources that the Washington Post’s “Fix” story is NOT true. In fact, members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation have started to endorse Mark Kirk for U.S. Senate, including Rep. Judy Biggert and Governor Jim Edgar.
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2009/07/washington-post-story-not-true.html