Question

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 (10[1])votes were cast here for (10[1])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 Richard Nixon. Roland (10[1])Burris’s (10[1])appointment to represent this state was controversial because its governor got caught trying to sell the Senate seat of Burris’s predecessor. (10[1])In 1948, a newspaper from this state printed the hilariously wrong headline “Dewey Defeats Truman.” 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
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU ARowan3810
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia C4310
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayPenn7210
Arjun Bothra (UG)HaverfordNYU B7310
William Groger (UG)Columbia BJohns Hopkins9410