Gov. Rod Blagojevich declined to appoint Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s wife as lottery director in 2002 because she refused to give him a $25,000 contribution, the Associated Press reports. Just the latest pay-to-play scandal involving the corrupt governor.

CHICAGO (AP) — Shortly after his 2002 election, Gov. Rod Blagojevich told Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. he didn’t appoint the congressman’s wife as lottery director because he had refused him a $25,000 campaign donation, a person familiar with the conversation told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “Blagojevich went out of his way to say, ‘You know I was considering your wife for the lottery job and the $25,000 you didn’t give me? That’s why she’s not getting the job,’” the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing federal investigation…

Jackson has been identified as one of the candidates Blagojevich was considering for the seat, and a criminal complaint said his supporters were willing to raise $1.5 million for the governor if he picked the congressman.

To paraphrase an earlier question of mine, is there any corruption Blagojevich didn’t indulge in?