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Romney Campaign to pick Illinois chief  

Chicago Tribune

May 20, 2007                        

State Sen. Dan Rutherford of Chenoa is expected to be named chairman of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign in Illinois next week, Republican sources said Saturday.

Rutherford, the GOP's unsuccessful candidate for secretary of state last year, will lead a group of Romney supporters that includes U.S. Rep. Dennis Hastert of Plano, formerly U.S. House speaker, and Robert Kjellander, the state's Republican national committeeman.

With Illinois expected to move its mid-March primary to Feb. 5, presidential campaigns are seeking quick organizing help to field slates of national convention nominating delegates.

 

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