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Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Four
(Again, thanks to my good friends for helping me work on the down ballot. The Congressman has come up with an idea for this specific race)

"The race started out with [Jane] Byrne in the lead--polls put her four to six points ahead of Charles Percy. So he decided to launch his campaign a couple months before [James] Buckley started his own. He was experienced, after all--in the Senate, a reputed voice. So his reelection committee invited [Charles] Evers to a rally in Chicago..."

-Richard M Daley, Jr (2009)

"In this election year--a time when passions have been raised--voters should vote with a clear mind, as they always do. And while I do not represent the voters of this state, I've seen Charles Percy fight for the good of the voters of Illinois..."

-Charles Evers (1984)

"And now, in Illinois, we can call the 1984 Senate election for Charles Percy... it seems that he has won the election with only ninety or so votes above one thousand..."

-Dan Rather (1984)

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