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Green's Jones Pushing to Debate in Senate Race
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) -- The Green Party candidate running for President Barack Obama's old Senate seat is calling on supporters to help him be included in a televised debate.

LeAlan Jones is asking supporters to call NBC News so he can be included in an Oct. 10 debate on ``Meet the Press.'' Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk and Democrat Alexi Giannoulias are expected to appear on the show that day.

Jones tells WJBC Radio in Bloomington that he can win the race if he's part of the discussions.

But Jones has acknowledged raising so little money in the that he hasn't yet had to report it to federal election officials. Kirk and Giannoulias have raked in millions of dollars.

Jones had the support of 6 percent of voters in a recent Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV poll.

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