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Illinois recount drive fuels bitter post election debate
Illinois politics swirls after Kennedy’s narrow win over Nixon with 8,849 vote margin. Republicans press for a Cook County recount led by Benjamin Adamsowski aided by a Nixon committee as U S attorney probes fraud claims. Daley’s Democrats defend results amid a heated legal fight and potential broader implications.
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Russell Lane
Chicago
Illinois
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Nixon
Thruston B. Morton
U. S
Adamowski
Municipal Court
Richard J. Daley
Cook County
Daley
Ward
DePaul University Law School
William H. Fetridge
Nixon Lodge
James S. Kemper
C. Wayland Brooks
GOP
Morton
Fetridge
Edward J. Barrett
City Election Board