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Richard J. Phelan is a politician from the U.S. state of
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. He was special counsel to the House Ethics Committee investigating Speaker
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in the late 1980s. Phelan was then elected as
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President from 1990 to 1994. His campaign was Chicago's and Illinois' top 1990 election in terms of coverage and importance, as Phelan brought a reform agenda, beating out the candidates of the Regular Cook County Democratic Party. His campaign included campaign manager Eric Adelstein, media consultant David Axelrod, field director Pete Giangreco,
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, who did opposition research, issues director Don Wiener, fundraiser Mary Beth Sova, and field assistant Troy Deckert. Phelan was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Gubernatorial nomination in
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.http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/politics&id=9016149


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