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  • Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. challenges Mayor Daley (Might, might not, run for mayor of Chicago

    06/10/2005 8:08:02 PM PDT · by Land_of_Lincoln_John · 10 replies · 533+ views
    ABC 7 Chicago ^ | June 10, 2005 | Andy Shaw
    Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. is making a political power play in his fight to get a new airport for Peotone. Jackson says if Mayor Daley will back the Peotone plan he may not run against Daley in the race for mayor. Congressman Jackson is in the mayor's face every time another City Hall corruption scandal breaks, and Jackson is definitely considering a challenge to Daley in 2007. But Jackson says his top priority is to get a new airport built near south suburban Peotone, and he considers Daley an impediment. So, the congressman is offering the mayor a strategy...