Amigos for Bilandic

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Michael Bilandic was the acting Democratic mayor of Chicago after the death of Mayor Richard J. Daley in 1976. He ran for reelection and won, retaining his role as mayor in 1977. Bilandic was not nominated in the primary of the following election due to a number of issues, but cited chief amongst them was his poor handling of public transportation access in the wake of a massive snowstorm in 1979. While little information is accessible about whether Bilandic’s campaign had direct outreach to Latino voters, historically Bilandic and his predecessor did little outreach in general to Chicago’s Latino community, and it wasn’t until the election of Mayor Harold Washington that more direct outreach to Latino and Black voters was made.