If you want to elect a candidate of the people, a truly independent Democrat in Illinois’ 7th Congressional District (CD) – someone who was actually elected by and does her best to represent the people - then Sharon Denise Dixon is your candidate. She may be the only truly independent member of the Chicago City Council. In many ways the 2007 City Council elections were contests between candidates backed by Mayor Daley and candidates backed by Chicago’s unions over allowing big-box stores (i.e., Wal-Mart) in Chicago. Mayor Daley supported and the unions opposed Wal-Mart. But both the Mayor and the unions backed Sharon’s opponent, a 12-year three-term incumbent! As a block club president who had never run for public office before, Sharon had no institutional,

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