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

ANSWER: Illinois [or IL]
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