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More Illinois voters want to see Gov. Pat Quinn run for Senate in 2010 than newly-appointed Sen. Roland Burris, according to a poll conducted for the Chicago Tribune Feb. 4-5. This was conducted before Burris admitted on Feb. 14 that he spoke with the brother of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich about fundraising.

Forty-eight percent of registered voters would like to see Quinn run, 15 percent do not want him to run and 37 percent are undecided. Those numbers are in the same range among Democrats, Republicans and independents alike. Voters want to see Burris run by a narrower margin - 37 percent to 33 percent with 29 percent undecided. Burris' disadvantage is among independents and Republicans who want to see him run by 36 percent and 29 percent respectively.

Burris was seen favorably before his latest admissions by 34 percent of voters while 18 percent viewed him negatively and 43 percent expressed no opinion. Quinn's favorable to unfavorable ratio was 49 percent to 6 percent with 40 percent having no opinion.