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. Since redistricting was not done in time for this state’s 1964 House elections, over 500 million votes (10[1])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 “constitutional crisis” by (10[1])Richard Nixon. Roland Burris’s appointment to represent this state (10[1])was controversial because its governor got caught (10[1])trying to sell the Senate (10[1])seat of Burris’s predecessor. In 1948, a newspaper from this state printed the hilariously (10[1])wrong headline “Dewey Defeats (10[1])Truman.” (10[2])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■

ANSWER: Illinois [or IL]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Duncan Griffiths (UG)William & Mary A (UG)JMU A (UG)1710
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)Liberty A (Grad)3910
Graham Troy (DII)UNC B (UG)Liberty C (DII)6910
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)7810
Ethan Cohen (UG)GWU A (UG)Virginia B (UG)8510
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)UNC A (Grad)9010
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)UNC C (UG)10410
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