Posted July 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM

Tagged: Kendrick Meek (FL) Barack Obama (National) Rod Blagojevich (IL, National)

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1153273.html

When Illinois chooses a new senator next year, voters will decide not only who wins an election but whether the overwhelmingly white U.S. Senate loses some of its diversity.