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Phillip Spiwak

Illinois Politician Changes Name to Sound More Irish

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by 1 Comment

The former Phillip Spiwak, a Polish American attorney who unsuccessfully ran for a judicial position in Illinois’s Will County as a Republican in 2010, has a new identity in hopes of boosting his turnout in this year’s race. In addition to a party change – he is now running as a Democrat for a vacancy in Cook County’s 13th judicial subcircuit – the name voters will be presented … [Read more...] about Illinois Politician Changes Name to Sound More Irish

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