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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mitchell Armentrout

Prayers up with election countdown: Chicago mayoral candidates canvass churches in final push — and warn of ‘false prophets’

Chicago mayoral candidate entrepreneur Willie Wilson greets a supporter during a campaign stop at Friendly Temple COGIC Church on the South Side on Sunday. He donated $10,000 to the church and urged congregants to vote. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

With the clock winding down on Chicago’s municipal election, the field of nine mayoral candidates fanned out across the city Sunday to deliver some of their final pitches to win over undecided voters and to push those who have made up their minds to follow through with a ballot. 

The late-stage political ground game before the polls close Tuesday sent 5th floor City Hall hopefuls to bistros, bars, bungalows, bus stops and beyond — but not before church. Nearly every candidate started their run into the home stretch at a house of worship. 

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