Jerry Washington in tempestuous 6th District state House battle

From: Chicago Defender | Date: March 9, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

His was a General Assembly career that ended in the violence and pain of a near-fatal 1987 car crash and a simultaneous battle with a brain tumor.

Now former 24th District State Representative Jerry Washington is hoping that a win in the March 16 primary election represents resumption of political office as 6th District State Representative and restoration of his career as a pillar of the community.

Nothing becomes his comeback try as does the trauma of his exit from public life 17 years ago.

That's because a political tempest, complete with charges of voting law violations and petition ...

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