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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Zack Miller

Sawyer to stay on ballot after Wilson ally drops petition challenge

Willie Wilson adviser and former state Sen. Rickey Hendon sifts through documents during an election board hearing Tuesday on his challenge to 6th Ward Ald. Roderick Sawyer’s mayoral nominating petitions. (Zack Miller/Sun-Times)

Willie Wilson adviser and former state Sen. Rickey Hendon on Wednesday filed to withdraw his challenge to 6th Ward Ald. Roderick Sawyer’s mayoral nominating petitions, according to Wilson campaign officials. 

The withdrawal comes a day after a heated, three-hour hearing between Hendon and Sawyer’s legal team, led by Burt Odelson. Hearing officer Frank Tedesso stopped the proceeding several times as tensions rose, including once when Hendon, who said he had the flu, threatened to breathe on Odelson. 

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