Winner of the Week

By PAUL GRAY/

ROSEMARY MULLIGAN

Who? The Illinois paralegal unseated a seven-term incumbent for the G.O.P. nomination to a statehouse seat -- by the toss of a coin. Mulligan, an abortion advocate, and pro-lifer Penny Pullen tied in the March primary. A court ordered the coin flip. Mulligan chose tails. Pullen is appealing.

With reporting by DAVID ELLIS