"When U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald announced in spring 2003 that he would not run for re-election in 2004, the Bush administration approached Edgar about running for the seat. Due to his overwhelming popularity that still exists today, Edgar was seen as a very formidable Senate candidate.
Edgar seemed likely to enter the race, but he suddenly announced he would not seek the seat, saying instead that he was giving his wife an early Mother's Day gift. His medical problems (he had recently undergone heart surgery) were also cited. The Senate seat eventually went to Democrat Barack Obama."
Just can't trust those Chicago politicians. I was looking into it and 3 out of 5 former IL Governors have been arrested, one of the other ones had a policy he made that only allowed for republicans to have state jobs go to the supreme court. The fifth is Jim Edgar. So the question remains was he paid off or threatened?
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