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Nov 20, 2008 2:47 pm US/Central

Gov. Contacts Possible Replacements For Obama

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ― Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is talking to some candidates to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate but is giving no hints about his plans.

The Democratic governor gets to appoint a successor to Obama, who left his senate seat Sunday.

Blagojevich spoke Wednesday to U.S. Representative Danny Davis. The Hill newspaper reports he also contacted two other members of Congress, Janice Schakowsky and Luis Gutierrez.

Davis says Blagojevich just talked with him in general about the Senate position. Davis says the governor didn't ask detailed questions or indicate when he will fill the vacancy.

So far, Blagojevich has not contacted two people frequently mentioned for the Senate job, Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. and Veterans' Affairs director Tammy Duckworth.

A Blagojevich spokesman says there's no particular significance to who has spoken to the governor and who hasn't.

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