Election

Published on Tuesday, November 4, 2008
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Ill. gives Democrat Durbin 3rd term in US Senate


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Last updated on 00/00/0000 at 12:00 a.m.

CHICAGO (AP) _ Illinois voters are sending Democrat Dick Durbin back for a third term in the U.S. Senate.

Cash, experience and pro-Democrat sentiment helped Durbin beat Republican challenger Steve Sauerberg on Tuesday.

The call for Durbin is based on an analysis of voter interviews, conducted for The Associated Press by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International.

But Durbin's victory is shadowed by the weekend death of his daughter. Forty-year-old Christine Durbin died Saturday of complications from a congenital heart condition.

Durbin has canceled his election night party. His campaign says the family is in mourning and preparing for the funeral later this week.

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