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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Sophie Sherry

Big changes ahead for 34th Ward: New City Council member — and new digs 15 miles from longtime home

The two candidates running in the newly redrawn 34th Ward (from left) Jim Ascot and Bill Conway. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

In a few months, the 34th Ward will have a new constituency, a completely new location — and an elected leader new to city government. 

Neither Bill Conway nor Jim Ascot has ever held political office. Conway, 44, ran unsuccessfully for Cook County state’s attorney in 2020, and Ascot, 73, lost his challenge to long-standing U.S. Rep Danny Davis back in 2006.

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