Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, left, and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, obscured, right, greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Monday, June 15, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, left, and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, obscured, right, greet President Barack Obama upon his arrival at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Monday, June 15, 2009.

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  1. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan addresses the media during a press conference in Chicago, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, right, listens to the discussion. The recent beating death of a Chicago high school student has brought Duncan along with Attorney General Eric Holder to Chicago to discuss youth violence with Mayor Richard M. Daley.
  2. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, left, addresses the media during a press conference in Chicago, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, right, listens to the discussion. The recent beating death of a Chicago high school student has brought Duncan along with Attorney General Eric Holder to Chicago to discuss youth violence with Mayor Richard M. Daley.
  3. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, left seated, and Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan, right at a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session in Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday.
  4. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, left and Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan, right at a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session, XIII Olympic Congress Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday.
  5. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, left and Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan, right at a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session, XIII Olympic Congress Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday.
  6. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, left ,Chicago 2016 CEO Patrick Ryan, center, and Chicago facilities organiser Doug Arnot, right at a press conference after their presentation at the 121st IOC session, Copenhagen, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are competing for the right to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The IOC will choose the winning city in a vote in Copenhagen, Friday.
  7. New Edmonton Oilers head coach Pat Quinn, center, talks to his players during second period of an NHL pre-season hockey game against the Calgary Flames in Calgary, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
  8. Chicago businessman Christopher Kennedy, left, smiles as he is congratulated by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, right, after Kennedy was elected the new chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees during a University of Illinois Board of Trustees meeting in Champaign, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
  9. Chicago businessman Christopher Kennedy, right, and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, left, listen to board members after Kennedy is elected the new chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees during a University of Illinois Board of Trustees meeting in Champaign, Ill., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
  10. Edmonton Oilers coach Pat Quinn (yellow tie) watches the game against the New York Islanders during first-period NHL hockey game action in Edmonton, Alberta, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009.
  11. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn holds a news conference to endorse a bill that would provide aid to military families, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, at the National Press Club in Washington.
  12. In these images taken from video, provided Nov. 3, 2009 by their campaigns are Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes as seen in television campaign ads. The two gubernatorial candidates aren't letting up in their Democratic primary fight, launching another round of TV ads critical of one another. In the ad at top, Hynes whacks Quinn for allegedly wanting to raise taxes on someone making $14,000 a year. In Quinn's ad he scoffs at Hynes' promise to cut spending, with the narrator of his ad saying Hynes approved "every single state check" for years as the state budget hole deepened.
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