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With CTU help, Clay claims North Side’s 46th Ward seat, as Knudsen struggles to hold 43rd Ward appointment

Por: Chicago Sun Times Politics April 05, 2023

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Community organizer Angela Clay won the North Side’s 46th Ward Tuesday night, with the Chicago Teachers Union-backed candidate poised to become the youngest member of the City Council.  Another far-left progressive organizer was poised to make history in the nearby 48th Ward, where Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth declared victory in her bid to become Chicago’s first Filipina alderperson — but her opponent, affordable housing developer Joe Dunne,... + full article



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