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Via Guy Benson. To recap, Kirk finished ahead of Alexi Giannoulias by more than 70,000 votes. Giannoulias not only conceded the race but met with Kirk for a rift-mending post-election brewski a few days afterward. Because this was not only a regular election but a special election to fill out the last few weeks remaining in Obama’s Senate term, the winner will be seated immediately and participate in the lame-duck session, meaning that the public has an interest in approving the results expeditiously.
