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Article: Pucinski Has Big Lead in County Race
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 19, 1994
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She has weathered the storm.
Aurelia Pucinski, Cook County Circuit Court clerk, has not been
damaged politically by controversial remarks she uttered early in
her campaign to win the Democratic primary for Cook County Board
president.
In a survey of 600 likely Democratic primary voters taken Jan.
4-6, Pucinski is holding to a wide lead over rivals Maria Pappas and
John Stroger. But Pappas is displaying appeal and preventing
Pucinski from amassing an insurmountable lead.
Conducted for Pucinski by McKeon & Associates of Joliet, the
suvery shows Pucinski with support of 34.5 percent of likely voters
to 20.8 percent for Pappas, and 15.7 percent for Stroger. More than
a quarter of those ...