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Political silence: Why the federal raid on powerful Ald. Ed Burke has left Chicago mayoral candidates quiet

DECEMBER 5, 2018 | by Bill Ruthhart, Gregory Pratt, John Byrne | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

“… That’s because many of the race’s front-runners have some form of exposure, serving alongside Burke in the city’s political hierarchy, or counting him as a friend or mentor. And as the Burke investigation plays out in the final months of the Feb. 26 mayor’s race, the political fallout will leave some grasping for how to reconcile their self-professed desire to change City Hall with their ties to an iconic Chicago politician in the crosshairs of federal investigators.”

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