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Pritzker's Political Winter Coming After Voters Reject 'Fair Tax'
KONKOL COLUMN: Gov. Pritzker faces a political reckoning akin to the late Chicago Mayor Michael Bilandic's demise after the Blizzard of '79.
By Mark Konkol, Patch Staff
Nov 4, 2020
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker could be facing his very own Michael Bilandic moment.
Maybe you remember the late Chicago mayor.
In 1977, Bilandic climbed over Democratic Party stalwarts before topping a Republican to serve out the remaining term of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley, who died in office the year before.
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