follow.it gives you an easy way to subscribe to Blog - Chicago Political Stories's news feed! Click on Follow below and we deliver the updates you want via email, phone or you can read them here on the website on your own news page.
You can also unsubscribe anytime painlessly. You can even combine feeds from Blog - Chicago Political Stories with other site's feeds!
Title: Chicago Political Stories
Is this your feed? Claim it!
It was election night in the 1976 Democratic Primary. State Rep. Joe Lundy, who lost a close race for State Senator in a Rogers Park/Evanston district, was making his concession speech.
His running mate, Woody Bowman, who won a hotly contested race for Lundy’s representative seat, stood next to him, desperately trying to stifle a grin.
L...
In the 1972 Democratic primary, the Dan Walker gubernatorial campaign fielded candidates for Presidential convention Delegate (Delegate election was not tied to the Presidential primary back then), opposing the Machine slates, some of which included incumbent Ward Committeemen and others important to local ward organizations.
The folks recruited by Wa...
The police car sirens must have been turned off.
My political companions and I often hung out in the campaign office long after it had closed.
At about 2:00 a.m. one night., we laid out an impromptu football field in the middle of Western Avenue. It was a pretty wide road - four standard size lanes - offering plenty of space to pass, run...
It was the first telephone call we received on Election Day in 1973. I was working for Ray Cohen, one of two Independent candidates running for 50th Ward Alderman.
The caller demanded we “take down that kike’s poster from the tree in front of my house.” I hung up on him.
All five candidates were Jewish. So, if he didn’t want to vote for ...
Mayfair Construction Company, whose owner was a close friend of the Daley family, wanted to expand its office in the 40th ward in the late 70s, Neighbors opposed the zoning change required for construction and pro-administration Ald. Solomon Gutstein (40th) complied with their wishes.
By custom, the City Council approved whatever zoning decision an Ald...
