CHICAGO, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Should Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Barack Obama win the White House, Jesse Jackson Jr. is the favorite to replace him in the U.S. Senate, pundits say.
Jackson, son of black civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and a member of the U.S. House representing the South Side of Chicago, would be competing with U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and others for appointment to Obama's seat by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the Washington publication Politico reported Monday.