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| | Birkett, Madigan neck-and-neck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | Birkett led Madigan, 45 percent to 44 percent, in the telephone poll, which was conducted Monday through Wednesday by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research Inc. of Washington, D.C. The poll's margin of error, plus or minus 4 percentage points, means the race is a statistical tie. |
 | | Birkett led Madigan in the collar counties, 60 percent to 30 percent; in northwest Illinois, 46 percent to 37 percent; in central Illinois, 50 percent to 39 percent; and in southern Illinois, 45 percent to 37 percent. |
 | | Madigan cited her volunteer work in South Africa and "lifelong commitment to social justice" as reasons for that high level of support. |
| www.lincolncourier.com /news/02/10/26/c.asp (1163 words) |
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