Politics

Van Pelt-Watkins Interview

WTTW News | February 8, 2011, 7:00 pm

Patricia Van Pelt-Watkins made headlines when she engaged in a war of words with her mayoral opponent, Carol Moseley Braun. Elizabeth Brackett talks to her about the controversy and her race for mayor.

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