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Toni Preckwinkle, the Glossary

Toni Lynn Preckwinkle (née Reed; born March 17, 1947) is an American politician and the current County Board president in Cook County, Illinois, United States.^[1]

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African-American city council members in Illinois
Presidents of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

Affordable Care Act

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.

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Affordable housing

Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index.

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Alderman

An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law with similar officials existing in the Netherlands (wethouder) and Belgium (schepen).

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Alice Palmer (politician)

Alice J. Palmer (June 20, 1939 – May 25, 2023) was an American educator and politician who served as a member of the Illinois Senate. Toni Preckwinkle and Alice Palmer (politician) are African-American women in politics.

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Amara Enyia

Amarachuku C. Enyia is an American strategist, politician, community organizer, and municipal consultant. Toni Preckwinkle and Amara Enyia are African-American women in politics.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Big-box store

A big-box store, a hyperstore, a supercenter, a superstore, or a megastore is a physically large retail establishment, usually part of a chain of stores.

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Bob Fioretti

Robert William Fioretti (born March 8, 1953) is an American attorney and politician who served as an alderman in the Chicago City Council for the 2nd Ward, which included portions of Bronzeville, East Garfield Park, Illinois Medical District, Little Italy, Loop, Near West Side, Prairie District, South Loop, University Village, Westhaven, and West Loop. Toni Preckwinkle and Bob Fioretti are Chicago City Council members and Illinois Democrats.

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Bobby Rush

Bobby Lee Rush (born November 23, 1946) is an American politician, activist and pastor who served as the U.S. representative for for three decades. Toni Preckwinkle and Bobby Rush are Chicago City Council members.

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Brandon Johnson

Brandon Johnson (born March 27, 1976) is an American educator and politician who has served as the 57th Mayor of Chicago since 2023. Toni Preckwinkle and Brandon Johnson are Illinois Democrats.

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Calumet High School (Chicago)

Calumet High School–Perspectives was a public 4–year charter high school and middle school located in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Cannabis (drug)

Cannabis, also known as marijuana or weed, among other names, is a non-chemically uniform drug from the cannabis plant.

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Carol Moseley Braun

Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun (born August 16, 1947), is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Toni Preckwinkle and Carol Moseley Braun are 20th-century African-American politicians, African-American women in politics and Illinois Democrats.

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Centrism

Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Chicago (magazine)

Chicago is a monthly magazine published by Tribune Publishing.

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Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics

The Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics was an unsuccessful bid, first recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on September 14, 2007.

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Chicago City Council

The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois.

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Chicago Cultural Center

The Chicago Cultural Center, opened in 1897, is a Chicago Landmark building operated by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

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Chicago Heights, Illinois

Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

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Chicago Loop

The Loop, one of Chicago's 77 designated community areas, is the central business district of the city and is the main section of Downtown Chicago.

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Chicago metropolitan area

The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as the Greater Chicago Area and Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the Midwest, containing the City of Chicago along with its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities.

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Chicago Police Department

The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the primary law enforcement agency of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the Chicago City Council.

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Chicago Reader

The Chicago Reader, or Reader (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is the operator of mass transit in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and some of its suburbs, including the trains of the Chicago "L" and CTA bus service.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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Chuy García

Jesús G. "Chuy" García (born April 12, 1956) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Illinois's 4th district since 2019. Toni Preckwinkle and Chuy García are 2016 United States presidential electors and Chicago City Council members.

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Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County

The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is the clerk of Circuit Court of Cook County, located in Cook County, Illinois.

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The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes.

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Condé Nast

Condé Nast is a global mass media company founded in 1909 by Condé Montrose Nast (1873–1942) and owned by Advance Publications.

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Cook County Board of Commissioners

The Cook County Board of Commissioners is a legislative body made up of 17 commissioners who are elected by district, and a president who is elected county-wide, all for four-year terms.

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district

Cook County Board of Commissioners 14th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district

Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district is an electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district

Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

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Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district

Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

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Cook County Democratic Party

The Cook County Democratic Party is an American county-level political party organization which represents voters in 50 wards in the city of Chicago and 30 suburban townships of Cook County.

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Cook County Republican Party

The Cook County Republican Party is an American county-level political party organization which represents voters in 50 wards in the city of Chicago and 30 suburban townships of Cook County, Illinois.

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Cook County, Illinois

Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California.

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Crain's Chicago Business

Crain's Chicago Business is a weekly business newspaper in Chicago, IL.

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Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)

The Daily Herald is a daily newspaper based in Arlington Heights, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Direct election

Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons or political party that they wanted to see elected.

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Dorothy Brown (politician)

Dorothy Ann Rabb Brown Cook, also known as Dorothy Brown (born September 4, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician affiliated with the Democratic Party who served as the clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County from 2000 through 2020. Toni Preckwinkle and Dorothy Brown (politician) are Illinois Democrats.

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Dorothy Tillman

Dorothy Jean Tillman (née Wright; May 12, 1947) is an American politician, civil rights activist and former Chicago, Illinois alderman. Toni Preckwinkle and Dorothy Tillman are African-American city council members in Illinois, African-American women in politics, Chicago City Council members, Illinois Democrats and Women city councillors in Illinois.

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Douglas, Chicago

Douglas, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of Chicago's 77 community areas.

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Earlean Collins

Earlean Collins (born September 4, 1937) is an American politician. Toni Preckwinkle and Earlean Collins are African-American women in politics.

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Edward M. Burke

Edward Michael Burke (born December 29, 1943) is an American politician found guilty of racketeering, bribery, and extortion who served as the alderman of Chicago's 14th ward from 1969 to 2023. Toni Preckwinkle and Edward M. Burke are Chicago City Council members and Illinois Democrats.

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European Americans

European Americans are Americans of European ancestry.

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Executive session

An executive session is a term for any block within an otherwise open meeting (often of a board of directors or other deliberative assembly) in which minutes are taken separately or not at all, outsiders are not present, and the contents of the discussion are treated as confidential (see in camera).

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Fox News

The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.

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Garry McCarthy

Garry Francis McCarthy (born May 4, 1959) is the Chief of Police in Willow Springs, Illinois and previous Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. Toni Preckwinkle and Garry McCarthy are Illinois Democrats.

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General election

A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of an elected body, typically a legislature.

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Gery Chico

Gery J. Chico (born August 24, 1956) is an American politician, Chicago lawyer, public official and former Democratic primary candidate for United States Senate. Toni Preckwinkle and Gery Chico are Illinois Democrats.

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Graffiti

Graffiti (plural; singular graffiti or graffito, the latter rarely used except in archeology) is writing or drawings made on a wall or other surface, usually without permission and within public view.

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Grand Boulevard, Chicago

Grand Boulevard on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of the city's Community Areas.

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Harold Washington

Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st Mayor of Chicago.

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Homelessness

Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.

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Hugh Hefner

Hugh Marston Hefner (April 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American magazine publisher.

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Hyde Park Herald

The Hyde Park Herald is a weekly newspaper that serves the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

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Hyde Park, Chicago

Hyde Park is a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, located on and near the shore of Lake Michigan south of the Loop.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Illinois House of Representatives

The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly.

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Illinois Republican Party

The Illinois Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Illinois founded on May 29, 1856.

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Illinois Senate

The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the State of Illinois in the United States.

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Illinois State Board of Elections

The State Board of Elections (SBE) is an independent agency of the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization

The Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization (IVI-IPO) is an independent, not-for-profit, Illinois political organization.

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Indictment

An indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime.

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Interracial marriage

Interracial marriage is a marriage involving spouses who belong to different races or racialized ethnicities.

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Iris Martinez

Iris Y. Martinez (born February 25, 1956) is an American politician and administrator.

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Janet Napolitano

Janet Ann Napolitano (born November 29, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and academic administrator.

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Joan Patricia Murphy

Joan Patricia Murphy (O'Malley; 1936/1937 – September 18, 2016) was an American Democratic politician and member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, representing the 6th district which is located in the Chicago Southland. Toni Preckwinkle and Joan Patricia Murphy are Illinois Democrats.

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Joe Moore (politician)

Joseph A. Moore (born July 22, 1958) is a former Chicago politician. Toni Preckwinkle and Joe Moore (politician) are Chicago City Council members and Illinois Democrats.

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John Cullerton

John J. Cullerton (born October 28, 1948) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 6th district from his appointment in 1991 to 2020.

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John Stroger

John H. Stroger Jr. (May 19, 1929January 18, 2008) was an American politician who served from 1994 until 2006 as the first African-American president of the Cook County, Illinois Board of Commissioners. Toni Preckwinkle and John Stroger are 20th-century African-American politicians and presidents of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

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Jon Burge

Jon Graham Burge (December 20, 1947 – September 19, 2018) was an American police detective and commander in the Chicago Police Department.

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Joseph Berrios

Joseph "Joe" Berrios (born February 14, 1952) is a Democratic politician who was the Assessor and Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party of Cook County, Illinois, as well as a registered Illinois state government lobbyist.

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Katie McWatt

Katie McWatt (February 8, 1931 - April 19, 2010) was a civil rights leader and activist who worked primarily in St.

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Kenwood, Chicago

Kenwood, one of Chicago's 77 community areas, is on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of the city.

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Kwame Raoul

Kwame Raoul (born September 30, 1964) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the 42nd Attorney General of Illinois since 2019.

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La Shawn Ford

La Shawn K. Ford (born 1971/1972) is an American politician who is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 8th District since 2007.

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Lake Michigan

Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America.

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Landslide victory

A landslide victory is an election result in which the victorious candidate or party wins by an overwhelming margin.

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Latin Americans

Latin Americans (Latinoamericanos; Latino-americanos) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America).

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Leslie Hairston

Leslie Hairston (born July 17, 1961) is an American politician who was alderperson of the 5th ward of the City of Chicago; she was elected in 1999. Toni Preckwinkle and Leslie Hairston are African-American city council members in Illinois, Chicago City Council members, Illinois Democrats and Women city councillors in Illinois.

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Libertarian Party (United States)

The Libertarian Party (LP) is a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, ''laissez-faire'' capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government.

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Living wage

A living wage is defined as the minimum income necessary for a worker to meet their basic needs.

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Lori Elaine Lightfoot (born August 4, 1962) is an American politician and attorney who was the 56th mayor of Chicago from 2019 until 2023. Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot are Illinois Democrats.

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Master of Arts

A Master of Arts (Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries.

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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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Maya civilization

The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization that existed from antiquity to the early modern period.

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Mayor of Chicago

The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States.

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Metra

Metra is the primary commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads.

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Metra Electric District

The Metra Electric District is an electrified commuter rail line owned and operated by Metra which connects Millennium Station (formerly Randolph Street Station), in downtown Chicago, with the city's southern suburbs.

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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), originally known as the Sanitary District of Chicago, is a special-purpose district chartered to operate in Cook County, Illinois since 1889.

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Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, being married to Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Toni Preckwinkle and Michelle Obama are African-American women in politics and Illinois Democrats.

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Middle class

The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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NewsBank

NewsBank Inc. is a US-based commercial company founded in 1972 that operates a global news database resource providing online archives of media publications as reference materials to libraries.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning).

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Northwest Herald

The Northwest Herald is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

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Oakland, Chicago

Oakland, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas.

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Olympic Village

An Olympic Village is a residential complex built or reassigned for the Olympic Games in or nearby the host city for the purpose of accommodating all of the delegations.

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Pace (transit)

Pace is the suburban bus and regional paratransit division of the Regional Transportation Authority serving the Chicago metropolitan area.

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Parliamentary leader

A parliamentary leader is a political title or a descriptive term used in various countries to designate the person leading a parliamentary group or caucus in a legislative body, whether it be a national or sub-national legislature.

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Paul Vallas

Paul Gust Vallas Sr. (born June 10, 1953) is an American politician and former education superintendent. Toni Preckwinkle and Paul Vallas are Illinois Democrats.

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Peter N. Silvestri

Peter N. Silvestri (born January 12, 1957) is a Canadian-American attorney and politician serving as member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from the 9th district, which includes the Norwood Park and Dunning areas of the City of Chicago as well as the surrounding suburbs of Des Plaines, Elmwood Park, Harwood Heights, Morton Grove, Mount Prospect, Niles, Norridge, Park Ridge, River Forest, River Grove, Rosemont and Schiller Park.

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Playboy Club

The Playboy Club was initially a chain of nightclubs and resorts owned and operated by Playboy Enterprises.

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Police brutality

Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or a group.

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Political action committee

In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a tax-exempt 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.

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Political corruption

Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain.

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Political party

A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections.

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Politico

Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.

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President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

The President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners is the chief executive of county government in Cook County, Illinois. Toni Preckwinkle and President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners are presidents of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

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Primary election

Party primaries or primary elections are elections in which a political party selects a candidate for an upcoming general election.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

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Progressivism in the United States

Progressivism in the United States is a political philosophy and reform movement.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local.

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Quid pro quo

Quid pro quo (Latin: "something for something") is a Latin phrase used in English to mean an exchange of goods or services, in which one transfer is contingent upon the other; "a favor for a favor".

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R. Eugene Pincham

Robert Eugene Pincham (June 28, 1925 – April 3, 2008) was an American attorney active in the field of civil rights who served as both a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County and later a judge of the Appellate Court of Illinois.

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Rahm Emanuel

Rahm Israel Emanuel (born November 29, 1959) is an American politician and diplomat currently serving as United States ambassador to Japan.

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Red Line (CTA)

The Red Line is a rapid transit line in Chicago, run by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) as part of the Chicago "L" system.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Richard Boykin

Richard R. Boykin is a former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners who represented the 1st district from December 2014 until December 2018. Toni Preckwinkle and Richard Boykin are Illinois Democrats.

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Richard J. Daley

Richard Joseph Daley (May 15, 1902 – December 20, 1976) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Chicago from 1955, and the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party Central Committee from 1953, until his death. Toni Preckwinkle and Richard J. Daley are Chicago City Council members.

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Richard M. Daley

Richard Michael Daley (born April 24, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 54th mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1989 to 2011.

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Rock Island District

The Rock Island District (RI) is a Metra commuter rail line from Chicago, Illinois, southwest to Joliet.

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Rod Blagojevich

Rod Blagojevich (born December 10, 1956), often referred to by his nickname "Blago", is an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009.

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Roger A. Keats

Roger A. Keats (born August 12, 1948) is an American politician and businessman.

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Saint Paul City Council

The Saint Paul City Council is the governing body of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, as part of a strong mayor–council government.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County.

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Sales tax

A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services.

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Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915April 5, 2005) was an American writer.

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Sean M. Morrison

Sean M. Morrison is an American politician currently serving as Cook County commissioner from the 17th district and the chair of the Cook County Republican Party.

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South Side, Chicago

The South Side is one of the three major sections of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Special counsel

In the United States, a special counsel (formerly called special prosecutor or independent counsel) is a lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially prosecute, a particular case of suspected wrongdoing for which a conflict of interest exists for the usual prosecuting authority.

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Spirituality

The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other.

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St. Paul Pioneer Press

The St.

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Strategic voting

Strategic or tactical voting is voting in consideration of possible ballots cast by other voters in order to maximize one's satisfaction with the election's results.

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In the United States, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federal government program that provides food-purchasing assistance for low- and no-income people to help them maintain adequate nutrition and health.

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Supreme Court of Illinois

The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the judiciary of Illinois.

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Susana Mendoza

Susana A. Mendoza is an American politician.

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Tax increment financing

Tax increment financing (TIF) is a public financing method that is used as a subsidy for redevelopment, infrastructure, and other community-improvement projects in many countries, including the United States.

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Terry stop

A Terry stop in the United States allows the police to briefly detain a person based on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity.

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The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe, also known locally as the Globe, is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Chicago Defender

The Chicago Defender is a Chicago-based online African-American newspaper.

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The Chicago Maroon

The Chicago Maroon, the independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago, is a weekly publication founded in 1892.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer, often referred to simply as The Inquirer, is a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Tim Schneider

Timothy O. Schneider is the former chairman of the Illinois Republican Party and a former member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners representing the 15th district, which includes all or parts of Arlington Heights, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, Mount Prospect, Rolling Meadows, Roselle, Schaumburg, South Barrington and Streamwood.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Time Inc.

Time Inc. was an American worldwide mass media corporation founded on November 28, 1922, by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden and based in New York City.

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Timothy C. Evans

Timothy C. Evans (born June 1, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, former alderman and the current Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court. Toni Preckwinkle and Timothy C. Evans are Chicago City Council members.

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Todd Stroger

Todd H. Stroger (born January 14, 1963) is the former president of the Cook County, Illinois Board and a former alderman for the 8th Ward in Chicago. Toni Preckwinkle and Todd Stroger are 20th-century African-American politicians, Chicago City Council members and presidents of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

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Two-round system

The two-round system (TRS or 2RS), also called ballotage, top-two runoff, or two-round plurality (as originally termed in French), is a voting method used to elect a single winner.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States district court

The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (symbol: $; currency code: USD; also abbreviated US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official currency of the United States and several other countries.

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United States Electoral College

In the United States, the Electoral College is the group of presidential electors that is formed every four years during the presidential election for the sole purpose of voting for the president and vice president.

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United States Secretary of Homeland Security

The United States secretary of homeland security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the federal department tasked with ensuring public safety in the United States.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 21 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending legislation.

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Universal basic income

Universal basic income (UBI) is a social welfare proposal in which all citizens of a given population regularly receive a minimum income in the form of an unconditional transfer payment, i.e., without a means test or need to work.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre (1.5 km) park of the same name, stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.

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Wave elections in the United States

Wave elections in the United States are elections in which a political party makes major gains.

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William Beavers

William M. Beavers (born February 21, 1935) is a former Democratic politician from Illinois, US. Toni Preckwinkle and William Beavers are African-American city council members in Illinois, Chicago City Council members and Illinois Democrats.

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William D. Burns

William D. Burns (born August 22, 1973 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician and businessman, a former member of the Chicago City Council, representing Chicago's 4th ward, and the State House. Toni Preckwinkle and William D. Burns are Chicago City Council members.

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William M. Daley

William Michael Daley (born August 8, 1948) is an American lawyer, politician and former banker who served as the 24th White House Chief of Staff from January 2011 to January 2012, under President Barack Obama. Toni Preckwinkle and William M. Daley are Illinois Democrats.

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Willie Wilson (businessman)

Willie Wilson (born June 16, 1948) is an American businessman and perennial candidate from Chicago, Illinois. Toni Preckwinkle and Willie Wilson (businessman) are Illinois Democrats.

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Wilmette, Illinois

Wilmette is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

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WLS-TV

WLS-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's ABC network outlet.

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WMAQ-TV

WMAQ-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet.

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Write-in candidate

A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot.

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WTTW

WTTW (channel 11) is a PBS member television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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2000 Illinois's 1st congressional district election

The 2000 United States House of Representatives election for the 1st district in Illinois took place on November 7, 2000 to elect a representative from Illinois's 1st congressional district for the 107th United States Congress.

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2004 United States Senate election in Illinois

The 2004 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on November 2, 2004.

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2006 Chicago Big Box Ordinance

On July 26, 2006 the Chicago City Council voted to approve an ordinance which for 7 weeks made Chicago the largest United States city that required big-box retailers to pay what the ordinance's sponsors characterized as a "living wage." Formally entitled "AMENDMENT OF TITLE 4 OF MUNICIPAL CODE OF CHICAGO BY CREATION OF NEW CHAPTER 404 ENTITLED "LARGE RETAILERS"", the ordinance was popularly known as the "Living Wage Ordinance" or "Big Box Ordinance." The ordinance defined "Large Retailers" as those with annual gross revenues of $1 billion or more or with stores of 90,000 square feet or more.

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2008 Democratic National Convention

The 2008 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party where it adopted its national platform and officially nominated its candidates for president and vice president.

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2014 Cook County, Illinois, elections

The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 4, 2014.

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2015 Chicago mayoral election

An election took place on February 24, 2015, to elect the mayor of Chicago.

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2016 United States presidential election

The 2016 United States presidential election was the 58th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.

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2018 Cook County, Illinois, elections

The Cook County, Illinois, general election was held on November 6, 2018.

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2019 Chicago mayoral election

The 2019 Chicago mayoral election was held on February 26, 2019, to determine the next Mayor of the City of Chicago, Illinois.

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2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary

The 2020 Illinois Democratic presidential primary took place on March 17, 2020, the third primary Tuesday of the month, as one of three states voting on the same day in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, while the contest in Ohio had been postponed for roughly a month.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toni_Preckwinkle

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