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Eyewitness to History: 1989 Mayoral Primary

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Sunday, February 22, 2015
Eyewitness to History: Mayoral primary

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's mayoral election is Tuesday, and in this morning's Eyewitness to History we go back 26 years to a similar election that started the run of another well-known Chicago mayor: Richard M. Daley.

Here is Hugh Hill's report as it aired in February of 1989.

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