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Former Bush aide won’t run for Weller’s seat
By Lee Springfield Bureau
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SPRINGFIELD — A former aide to President George W. Bush said Friday she will not run for retiring U.S. Rep. Jerry Weller’s seat in Congress.

Meg Murer, 38, had considered making a run for the 11th Congressional District seat being vacated by Weller, a Morris Republican.

Murer said she wasn’t ready to return to Washington, D.C., after being away from the White House for a year. Murer had served as chief of the president’s correspondence division, overseeing an office that answers mail sent to the president.

“It would be a very intense, 24-7 lifestyle,” said Murer, a Joliet native now living in Chicago and working at Northbrook-based insurer Allstate. “I’m not going to run.”

Republicans who have announced their plans to run include New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann and Jason King of Normal.

Democrats vying for the nomination in the Feb. 5 primary include state Sen. Debbie Halvorson of Crete and Frankfort resident Robert Gorman.

Illinois State University student Jason Wallace wants to run on the Green Party ticket.

Weller is not seeking re-election to an eighth term in the district that stretches from Chicago’s south suburbs to Bloomington-Normal.

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More Coverage wrote on Oct 14, 2007 8:13 PM:

" Please give Jason Wallace more coverage. He is a veteran who has served in Iraq and deserves to be heard in this race. "

the GOPers wrote on Oct 13, 2007 4:16 PM:

" are in for a tussle in regards to this race. If Debbie Halvorson gets the nod she will run very, very hard and will be tough to beat. Even Dan Brady would've probably wound up on the losing end of this one. He knows what Halvorson can do on the campaign trail and the fact that g.w. is a drag so he arrived at a no go decision. Wonder how Brady would've done against a tough opponent. He is great at " grinning and gripping " at every event but can he really go toe to toe with a high caliber campaingner and debater in a district that is close to even politically. Have my doubts. "

Meh wrote on Oct 13, 2007 2:14 PM:

" Like the last time the Pantagraph ran this story, anyone associated with Bush has zero chance in 2008. Watch the Republican Candidates carefully avoid him. "
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