Durbin Calls for Illinois Special Election

• By David M. Drucker
• Roll Call Staff
• Dec. 9, 2008, 1:36 p.m.

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) is calling for the Illinois Legislature to immediately pass a veto-proof bill that would require President-elect Barack Obama’s Senate successor to be chosen in a special election, rather than by gubernatorial appointment.