Dan Hynes doesn't want Scott Cohen's lieutenant governor post, but who will get it?

Source: suntimes.com




Dan Hynes doesn't want Scott Cohen's lieutenant governor post, but who will get it?
Talk swirls around people who didn't run



February 9, 2010

BY CHRIS FUSCO AND MARK J. KONKOL Staff Reporters

The scramble is on to replace Scott Lee Cohen on the Democratic general-election ticket. And just about the only certainty is that Dan Hynes won't be the man to fill Cohen's shoes as the party's lieutenant governor nominee.

Hynes, who narrowly lost to Gov. Quinn in last week's Democratic governor's race, said Monday he doesn't want state government's No. 2 job.
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Gov. Quinn and Democratic leaders are seeking a new candidate for lieutenant governor.
(Rich Hein/Sun-Times)


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Cohen announced Sunday he's leaving the ticket "for the good of the people of Illinois." Shocking details emerged last week in the wake of Cohen's win, including an allegation that he once held a knife to a live-in girlfriend's throat.

Read more: http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2036963,CST-NWS-cohen09.article

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Now that Cohen has left the scene (good riddence), Quinn gets to appoint someone to this position.

that there's a rumor going around that Tammy Duckworth will be tapped.

do much unless something happens to the gov.

I think the position should go to the person who was in second place. After he has been properly vetted of course.

He was running for nomination for governor, not lt. governor.

she's very electable. Her name on the ticket might move a few voters to get out and vote.

...and I think she's happy where she is.

Who came in second? I voted for Turner...