Former banker, former lawyer win Senate primaries in Illinois

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

State Sen. Barack Obama, a former civil rights lawyer seeking to become just the third black U.S. senator in a century, easily won the Democratic primary Tuesday, setting up a high-stakes fall race with Republican Jack Ryan that could decide who controls the Senate.

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