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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
Didn't Blagojevich appoint himself to Obama's seat, and still retain his governor's office?
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So far as I know, Obama hasn't formally resigned from the Senate yet, so there's no vacancy to fill quite yet.
And unless Illinois law is quite different from any other law I'm familiar with, no one can hold two offices normally filled by election at the same time.
Here's a TIME article on it.