Word: evanses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Daley won the election, but yesterday faced Tim Evans, who is also Black, in the general election. Evans is running as an independent, in the "Harold Washington Party." It sure isn't the type of party Harold Washington--a popular Black mayor who worked to unite support from all races...
And now Jesse Jackson, the so-called Democratic leader, is supporting Evans. How is Jackson going to be the Democratic leader when he isn't even supporting the official Democratic nominee?
3. Mike Schmidt (542), Darrell Evans (403), Craig Nettles (390), Jim Rice (379), Dave Winfield (357).
Sawyer, a former chemistry teacher who, like Evans, got his political start in Daley's machine, never managed to recover from that inauspicious beginning. So inarticulate that he was dubbed the "Mumblin' Mayor," Sawyer made a few creditable appointments. But he also proved indecisive, delaying for a full week the...
But that appeal failed to stir a large number of blacks, despite Jackson's exhortations. Evans, after toying with the idea of seeking the nomination in the Democratic primary, chose instead to wage an independent campaign under the banner of the "Harold Washington Party." Thus, having defeated one black opponent...