Jesse Jackson Jr. pitches redemption in bid for old House seat years after campaign fraud conviction
Tamara Ceaikovski
COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. (AP) — As Jesse Jackson Jr. campaigns for his old U.S. House seat at Chicago-area churches, banquet halls and on Black radio shows, he often takes a moment to address the obvious matter hanging over his political comeback. The son of the civil rights icon tries to bring it up first: A 2013 campaign fraud conviction that ended his 17-year political career. “It’s now part of my story,” Jackson told the pastors, elected officials and retirees gathered on a recent Saturday
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