Giannoulias' young, handsome face may be his greatest asset in a year where his vaunted Chicago connections will have to be used quietly, lest he be tied too closely to President Obama.
(AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
- Giannoulias' young, handsome face may be his greatest asset in a year where his vaunted Chicago connections will have to be used quietly, lest he be tied too closely to President Obama. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
- Giannoulias faces hard questions about why he loaned millions to a Chicago Outfit mobster known as "Jaws" and why his family's bank faces an imminent regulatory takeover. (AP Photo/Corey R. Minkanic)
- Giannoulias, seen here early in the campaign, reportedly began his acceptance speech with a fierce vow to run Mark Kirk out of Washington altogether. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
- Roland Burris will soon be out of the US Senate; can we all agree to be happy about that? (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
- Mark Kirk in dramatically shadowed profile. (AP Photo/Lois Bernstein)
- Kirk supporters watch the results roll in. Kirk steamrolled conservative candidate Patrick Hughes by locking in GOP leaders early. (AP Photo/Lois Bernstein)
- Mark Kirk accepts the GOP's nomination to run for the US Senate in 2010. (AP Photo/Lois Bernstein)
- Roland Burris . . . . on the downward slope. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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