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Sawyer, who was elected acting mayor by city officials days after Washington's death, has been struggling to keep the seat. But as election day neared, he steadily closed on Daley, the Cook County state's attorney...
Poll results released yesterday showed Sawyer seven percentage points behind Daley...
Before the last two weeks, the campaign had been relatively free of the racial rancor that had marked recent mayoral elections. Since then, Daley has been accused of being a racist and Sawyer's camp used a videotape in which Daley appears to tell a predominantly white audience that "you want a white mayor...
...Daley denied making the statement. His supporters say the candidate, who is well known for garbling his syntax, slipped and inserted an extraneous word that sounded like "what," not "white...
Although early polls showed Daley far ahead of Sawyer, both candidates said the latest results confirm what they maintained throughout the campaign--today's vote would be close...