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...When Harold Washington went to city hall last month to film a television commercial for his mayoral bid in Chicago's Democratic primary, he found his crew unceremoniously ejected from the building by police for failing to have a film permit. It was an incident typical of his campaign. Running for office in a city known for its deep racial divisions and financially outflanked by more than 10 to 1, Washington was the decided underdog. His opponents in the three-way race were Incumbent Jane Byrne, a protegee of legendary Mayor Richard J. Daley, who ruled Chicago...
...recently as late January, Gallup poll figures showed Washington a staggering 22 points behind the front-running mayor. Small wonder. Byrne had the imprimatur of incumbency and Daley had hand-me-down celebrity. But Harold Washington was hardly a figure of renown, despite 16 years in the state legislature, one full term as a U.S. Representative from Illinois' First District, and re-election to Congress last fall. His $1.1 million war chest left him a comparative pauper in a municipal election touted as the most expensive in American history. (Byrne's campaign cache was about $10 million; Daley...
Last week, a Black Congressman, Harold Washington won the Democratic Mayoral primary, upsetting two "machine-singed" politicians--incumbent mayor Jane M. Byrne and the late mayor's son, Cook County Stated attorney, Richard M. Daley. Washington campaigned on an anti-machine crusade, and -sure to beat his Republican opponent on April 12--he will carry that cry into the mayor's office. But that does not mean that the legendary Chicago machine has come to a halt. Washington, while winning an important battle, is just beginning his struggle for power...
...this should be of some interest to Harold Washington. Should he work with the machine, he endangers his political integrity, and insults the faith of the voters who brought him into office. Should he remain aloof and independent, he risks an inefficient government that cannot enforce the changes that it desires...
...Harold Washington's victory challenges the strength of big-city political machines. The expectations will follow Washington into office, and may force him to adopt new strategies and policies. But his success stems in part from successfully adopting machine methods. It remains to be seen how Washington will react to the problems he will encounter, but whether he decides to redefine the rules of the political game or not, it will boil down to him using the old machine, or subverting is with his new populist...