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...Rose Mungon, spreading Washington pamphlets on the city's affluent take front. Epton's campaign was "the most racist in history...
Bill Johnson, 18, cast the first vote of his life for the Republican candidate, businessman Bernard Epton, wearing a green Epton t-shirt, a "Democrats for Epton" badge, and one of the city's ubiquitous "Bigots for Bernie" buttons. He whispered his case against Washington in a corner of the Epton election night headquarters...
...whether that coalition will eventually include white "Democrats for Epton" is unclear. Few of them made it to the Epton campaign' party in an elegant hotel ballroom. For these traditional Daley Democrats, to vote with the Republicans doesn't mean you should associate with them...
...after the harshness of their campaign attacks it is hard to imagine them associating with Washington supporters either. They were blunt enough in sounding Epton's campaign slogan "Before it's too late." And on Election Day, some Epton workers in the 35th Ward, including Orlando Munoz, were even spreading the rumour that Washington was a child molester...
Opponents called Washington a "criminal" and a "felon" because of his 1972 conviction for not filing tax returns Washington himself had made vague allegations about Epton's story of psychological treatment. The bitterness did not end with the voting. Epton refused to attend Washington's Wednesday "unity lunch" with city leaders claiming he was invited too late to change prior travel plans...