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Campaign Reform

WTTW News | June 28, 2011, 7:00 pm

Cindi Canary, former head of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, and Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka discuss the effect of the Blagojevich trial on the future of Illinois politics.

  • Chicago Sun-Times article on Cindi Canary
  • Illinois Campaign for Finance Reform
  • State of Illinois Comptroller website

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