page_title: David H. Hoffman
section_title: 2010 Candidacy for US Senate
hierarchical_section_title: David H. Hoffman / 2010 Candidacy for US Senate
caption_attribution_description: English: American politician David H. Hoffman announcing his campaign for the United States Senate in Springfield, Illinois.
context_page_description: David H. Hoffman is a former federal prosecutor and was Chicago's inspector general. Hoffman ran for the Illinois seat of the U.S. Senate in 2010 but lost to Alexi Giannoulias in the Democratic primary.
context_section_description: In 2009, Hoffman announced his intentions to run for the United States Senate seat held by Roland Burris after Burris, who was appointed by then Governor Rod Blagojevich to fill the seat vacated by Barack Obama following Obama's election as  President of the United States, announced he would not seek election to a full term. He was endorsed by every major newspaper in the state with the Chicago Tribune calling him “an incorruptible man who tells truth to power." . On February 2, 2010, Hoffman was narrowly defeated in the Democratic primary by state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
caption: Hoffman announces his candidacy for U.S. Senate in 2010
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