File photos show Tammy Duckworh, a disabled Iraq war veteran and currently the Illinois veteran affairs director, U.S. Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. , of Chicago and Jan Schakowsky, of Evanston, Ill. , Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Illinois Senate President Emil Jones. The five have been mentioned as potential candidates to fill the Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama. AP Photo logo AP Photo 13 months ago

File photos show Tammy Duckworh, a disabled Iraq war veteran and currently the Illinois veteran affairs director, U.S. Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. , of Chicago and Jan Schakowsky, of Evanston, Ill. , Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Illinois Senate President Emil Jones. The five have been mentioned as potential candidates to fill the Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama.

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