Word: annunzio
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...incumbents nothing is so damaging as being linked with the S&L scandal. Republican campaign tacticians in particular reasoned that some House Democrats would be vulnerable because of their ties to the scandal-plagued industry. One plump target: Chicago's Frank Annunzio, who had two relatives on the payroll of an S&L lobbying group, took campaign donations from S&L PACs and promoted legislation sought by the industry. His Republican opponent, state senator Walter Dudycz, seemed capable of making a strong challenge. Then Dudycz ran into an ethics problem: the accusation that he had double dipped by taking...