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Quite a few IVI members sat out the 1977 Democratic Mayoral Primary. They wanted to unseat Mayor Michael Bilandic but they favored the candidacy of Roman Pucinski rather than that of the IVI-endorsed candidate Harold Washington.
I recruited them as poll watchers for the Pucinski campaign, where I was volunteering as 50th Ward Coordinator, but they didn’t want to openly...
When the Chicago Democratic Machine supported a Jewish candidate, precinct captains told Jewish voters they should support “one of their own,” no matter the candidate’s qualifications (or lack of qualifications).
But when the opposition candidate was Jewish, they said that ethnicity didn’t matter. They formed the “All-Chicago Committee” and listed all of the Jewish Mach...
In the mid-1980s, 49th Ward Ald. David Orr invited the North Town Community Council (NTCC) to participate in a north side arts committee.
50th Ward Ald. Bernard Stone, who served on the NTCC Board, angrily opposed the group even discussing participation because he said the committee met at the same time he held office hours. He claimed that was done intentionall...
Independent Peter Tomei won election in 1969 as a Delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) in a Rogers Park-based district on Chicago’s north side. He was considered a rising star on the local political scene.
As the 1972 Democratic primary election approached, he was expected to run for State Representative in that same district.
Unexpectedly...
In the 1975 Democratic Mayoral primary, we were campaigning in the 50th ward for Ald. Bill Singer, who was running against Mayor Richard J. Daley.
To try to distract precinct captains who were campaigning for Daley, we leafletted their blocks with information about Charlotte Dolins, who was running for Alderman against the incumbent, Bernard Stone.
We thought many...