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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitchell Armentrout

Grudge match in North Side’s 1st Ward offers newsy names, while race in affluent 43rd puts money up for debate

First Ward candidates (clockwise from top left) former Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno, Ald. Daniel La Spata, Stephen “Andy” Schneider and Sam Royko. (Provided; Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file photo; provided; and Royko photo by Christopher Dilts)

One of the City Council’s most liberal voices is facing a rematch in next week’s election against the man who spiraled down to one of the chamber’s ugliest exits in recent memory.

It would be the Chicago comeback story of the year if disgraced ex-Council member Proco “Joe” Moreno can unseat Ald. Daniel La Spata four years after the Democratic Socialist took the 1st Ward throne amid Moreno’s alcohol-fueled implosion.

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