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After narrowly defeating incumbent Alan Dixon in the primary last April, Braun has become a media sensation...
...polls are very encouraging," said Laura Retzler, student coordinator for the campaign. "The latest puts Carol Moseley Braun at 54 percent and [Republican opponent] Rich Williamson at 28 percent...
According to Shea S. Riley, coordinator of Students for Braun at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, "A lot of [college students] tell me that they are voting only to vote for Carol Moseley Braun." Riley also noted that Braun's name recognition has reached an astonishing 90 percent in Illinois...
...such overwhelming support? In addition to being in the right place at the right time last spring, her years of experience in Illinois politics and a charismatic, plain-speaking style, Braun won national celebrity because of her potential to become the first Black woman in the Senate...
Checks poured in from across the country, and a campaign that had been plagued by disorganization and lack of funds took off. Suddenly, Braun was everywhere, prompting one enthusiastic downstate Democratic committee chair to claim, "I predict that Clinton will be pulled to victory [in Illinois] by Carol Braun's coattails...