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Jane Byrne beat the Machine, brought fests to Chicago | |
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November 15, 2014 Jane Byrne became part of Chicago history when she was elected its first female mayor. She became part of city lore because of how she won: beating an incumbent who voters thought had bungled the reaction to a blizzard that paralyzed the streets. Byrne was a political novice when she overcame Richard J. Daley's powerful political machine in 1979. But she never won political office again. Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141114/news/141119014/ |
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