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Michele Piszczor vs. Mike Madigan

Yasmin Rammohan | February 28, 2012, 11:00 am

Longtime Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has an opponent in the upcoming Democratic primary. And political newcomer Michele Piszczor is putting up a fight. Elizabeth Brackett reports.

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