Stevenson Picks Running Mate
Associated Press
CHICAGO — Adlai Stevenson announced today that Cook County Circuit Judge Michael Howlett Jr. will be his running mate in his independent bid for the governor’s seat. Howlett, 37, immediately resigned as judge to run for lieutenant governor.
Stevenson recently resigned the Democratic nomination for governor after two supporters of political extremist Lyndon LaRouche upset his choices as lieutenant governor and secretary of state and won nomination in the March 18 primary.
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