Question

In this state, as many as 100,000 fraudulent votes may have been cast in the 1982 gubernatorial election (10[1])that re-elected “Big Jim” Thompson. (-5[1])Since (10[1])redistricting was not done in time for this state’s 1964 (10[2])House elections, (-5[1])over 500 (-5[1])million (10[1])votes (10[1])were cast (10[1])here for (10[1])at-large (10[1])candidates. (10[1])After (10[1])Earl Mazo claimed massive voter fraud in Texas and this state, (10[1])he was allegedly told to stop to avoid a (10[1])“constitutional crisis” by (10[1])Richard Nixon. (-5[1])Roland (10[1])Burris’s (10[1]-5[1])appointment to represent this state (10[1])was (10[1])controversial (10[1])because its governor got caught (10[1])trying to sell the Senate (10[2])seat (10[2])of Burris’s (10[1])predecessor. (10[3]-5[1])In 1948, a newspaper from this state printed the hilariously (10[4])wrong (10[1])headline (10[1])“Dewey (10[1])Defeats (10[1])Truman.” (10[3])For 10 points, the Daley machine aided the (10[1])JFK campaign in what state where Rod Blagojevich (“bluh-GOY-uh-vitch”) tried to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat? (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Illinois [or IL]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Duncan Griffiths (UG)William & Mary A (UG)JMU A (UG)1710
Robert FreemanSouth CarolinaGeorgia Tech A22-5
Ethan StrombeckStanford ABerkeley A2310
Sophie HiggsUW ATexas A3310
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonMichigan C3310
Cade ReinbergerRIT BCornell B35-5
Tony LiangTexas A&M ATexas A&M B37-5
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU ARowan3810
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)Liberty A (Grad)3910
Alex LewtonDartmouth BDartmouth A4110
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia C4310
Max NealHarvard BHarvard A4410
Sanjay SrihalGeorgia Tech ASouth Carolina4510
Dean Ah NowClaremont AIowa B4610
Michael GeCornell ACornell C5710
Thomas HartWarwickDurham A6610
Graham Troy (DII)UNC B (UG)Liberty C (DII)6910
Oscar DespardCambridge ASheffield71-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayPenn7210
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordNYU B7310
James CarrigyEdinburghImperial B73-5
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)7810
William DawsonUBC ARice A7910
Emmett ChungStanford CStanford B8010
Ethan Cohen (UG)GWU A (UG)Virginia B (UG)8510
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)UNC A (Grad)9010
Nick PruittKCLCambridge C9010
Anton AkroushMichigan State ASorbonne9110
Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AMichigan B9110
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BAlabama9310
Roan DowlingIowa AAppalachian State9410
William Groger (UG)Columbia BJohns Hopkins9410
Paige CrawleyOxford AKiel94-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AMTSU9410
Will HooverRIT ABinghamton10410
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)UNC C (UG)10410
Elliot CosnettOxford BCambridge B10410
Peter ScullyTufts BTufts A10410
William BarnesTennesseeGeodesic10510
Andrew KelleyKentuckyHarding10610
Vinu HariharBerkeley CBerkeley B10710
Jacob Martin (UG)Maryland B (UG)Virginia C (UG)10810
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)GWU B (Grad)10910
Kevin Jiang (UG)Duke A (UG)JMU B (UG)10910
Lewys JenkinsBristolOxford C10910
Sarod NoriCornell BRIT B11710
Dwight SolanoTexas A&M BTexas A&M A13210
Andrew FisherSheffieldCambridge A13310
Rahim DinaImperial BEdinburgh13310
Ian DewanKielOxford A13310
Enoch YuenImperial ADurham B13310