Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias (D) did not pay taxes

The Chicago Examiner ^ | July 4, 2010 | Mary Egan

[Clintonfatigued]

Illinois State Treasurer and candidate for U.S. Senate Alexi Giannoulias did not have to pay his state and federal taxes this year due to losses incurred from the failure of his Broadway Bank. Giannoulias' campaign released his financial information on Friday.

Giannoulias is set to receive $30,000 in tax refunds because of his bank's failure. The Treasurer has said that all of that money is going to be donated to charity.

The Broadway Bank had been largely forgotten in the race for U.S. Senator, but the release of Giannoulias' financial records seems to have dredged it up once more. Giannoulias owned a portion of the Broadway Bank, which was caught giving loans connected to various crimes. The bank was seized by regulators in April of this year.

[Lancey Howard]

I’m amazed that the ‘Rat Party nominated him at all.

Are you as amazed that the Republicans nominated an equally sick Democrat, the scumbag Mark Kirk?

[Lancey Howard]

He's the guy who's bank is fronting "Cap and Trade".

And his opponent, the scumbag Mark Kirk, was one of the tiny handful of House "Republicans" who voted for "Cap and Trade".

[Impy]

I’m amazed princess Lisa Madigan didn’t run.

It’s like the rats decided to give us a gift this year. But it’s been squandered with Kirk who’s managed to lower himself to Alexi’s level in the eyes of the voters.

[DennisR]

“Giannoulias owned a portion of the Broadway Bank, which was caught giving loans connected to various crimes.”

Just gives him credibility among his fellow Democrats...

[SunkenCiv]

Note: this topic is from July 4, 2010. Thanks Clintonfatigued. He lost -- albeit to Mark Kirk -- and this is one reason. The other reason is, Obama is going to run for "his" old Senate seat after he's had his ass handed to him in 2012 (see, I can be optimistic), and the only POTUS to return to elected federal office was John Quincy Adams.