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Obama in Illinois Interviews


David Blanchette - Obama in Illinois

ALPLM Communications Manager

Larry Bomke - Obama in Illinois

Illinois State Senator and colleague of Obama

John Borling - Obama in Illinois

Career Air Force Officer, Vietnam War era POW, and 2004 Senate Candidate

Senator William 'Bill' Brady - Obama in Illinois

Reflections on then IL state Senator Barack Obama

John Cullerton - Obama in Illinois

Senator Cullerton's experiences with then IL State Senator Barack Obama

Barbara Flynn Currie - Obama in Illinois

House Majority Leader and representative from Obama's legislative district

Jim Edgar - Obama in Illinois

Former Illinois Governor (1991-1999) and potential opponent in 2004 Senate Race

Jim Frazier - Obama in Illinois

Gold Star father and speaker at Obama campaign events in 2008

Beverly Helm-Renfro - Obama in Illinois

Administrative assistant to State Senator Barack Obama

Denny Jacobs - Obama in Illinois

IL State Senator and friend of Barack Obama

Tom Lamont - Obama in Illinois

Asst. Secretary of the Army during the Barack Obama administration

Ann Lousin - Obama in Illinois

Law professor at the John Marshall Law School

Dave Luechtefeld - Obama in Illinois

IL State Senator and colleague of Barack Obama

Gary McCants - Obama in Illinois

AME Presiding Elder who ministered to public congregations and within the halls of the IL Legislature

Abner Mikva - Obama in Illinois

Legal counsel to Bill Clinton and mentor to Barack Obama

Newton Minow - Obama in Illinois

Former FCC chair for Pres. Kennedy and friend and mentor to Barack Obama

Taylor Pensoneau - Obama in Illinois

Journalist and author reporting on the Illinois political scene

James 'Pate' Philip - Obama in Illinois

Leader of IL Senate Republicans during 1980s thru 2002

Christine Radogno - Obama in Illinois

State Senator Radogno's memories of her service with state Senator Obama

Bernard Schoenburg - Obama in Illinois

Political reporter and columnist with the Springfield State-Journal Register

Bernard Sieracki - Obama in Illinois

A lobbyist in the IL Legislature for over forty years

Jim Thompson - Obama in Illinois

Illinois's governor from January, 1977 to January, 1991

Frank Watson - Obama in Illinois

Illinois Senate Minority Leader (Republican) from 2003-2008

Randy Witter - Obama in Illinois

A lobbyist in the Illinois legislature recalls Obama's years in the IL Senate

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