Chicago mayor wins sixth term
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From Times Wire Reports
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley won a sixth term with more than 70% of the vote, overcoming a City Hall corruption scandal and putting himself on course to eclipse his legendary father’s record as the city’s longest-serving mayor.
Serving out another full four-year term would keep him on the job for 22 years. His father, Richard J. Daley, died in office in 1976 at age 74, having served 21 years.
Daley, 64, has not been accused of any wrongdoing in the corruption scandal, which he has blamed on a “few bad apples.”
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