In a state renowned for back-room deals, bribery and the very worst in “public service,” David Hoffman bleeds integrity.

Chicago Daily Observer: Democratic senate candidate David Hoffman, the former Chicago inspector general, is airing television spots featuring a mother who lost $10,000 in the Bright Start college savings program overseen by Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.

Who is David Hoffman? Why is he running for the U.S. Senate? Read the Chicago Tribune's profile of David here.

Our endorsement goes to David Hoffman in the Feb. 2 Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. He holds promise of becoming a superior senator not just for Illinois, but for the nation.

Voters finally have a say in who succeeds Barack Obama as Illinois' junior senator... We believe that person is David Hoffman.

Sixty-five thousand Illinois families lost money when one of the Bright Start College Savings funds tanked, so it was probably inevitable one of them would wind up on a television commercial for a rival of state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, a Democratic U.S. Senate candidate.

There is one candidate who not only talks about corruption. He has actually done something about it...

Former City Inspector General David Hoffman called the ads, “A work of breathtaking dishonesty.”

Hoffman is trying to win the seat currently held by Senator Roland Burris. Vallas, who currently serves as superintendent of the Recovery School District of Louisiana, called Hoffman "an individual of great integrity."

Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas endorsed Democrat David Hoffman for U.S. Senate today, citing the former city inspector general's "fierce independence."