Matcom News --- Ill. Residents Vote for Official Reptile

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Illinois-State-Reptile.html

January 3, 2005
Ill. Residents Vote for Official Reptile
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 9:06 a.m. ET

CHICAGO (AP) -- The Eastern tiger salamander won the vote for the title of Illinois' state amphibian, while slow and steady was a winning strategy for the painted turtle in the state reptile race.

``We want to commend each of the candidates for a very strong, positive, educational campaign. While the candidates may live in the muck, they didn't sling any mud in this election. Not one of them went negative,'' Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn said Saturday.

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