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Chicago Tribune Many of Madigan’s backers are people with personal or political ties that run long and deep, such as current and former lawmakers, lobbyists, staffers, judges, campaign contributors, ward heelers, labor leaders, clergy and, of course, family.
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Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Clarence Yancey, an old-school political ward heeler in Louisville's West End whose backing was sought by local and statewide politicians for decades, died Sunday, according to his family.
—Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2022
Smith, an eighth-grade dropout who went to work at 15 to support his widowed mother, was deemed by most a coarse ward heeler beholden to the Tammany Hall satraps who anointed him.
—Edward Kosner, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2018
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Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2025
Clarence Yancey, an old-school political ward heeler in Louisville's West End whose backing was sought by local and statewide politicians for decades, died Sunday, according to his family.
—Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2022
Smith, an eighth-grade dropout who went to work at 15 to support his widowed mother, was deemed by most a coarse ward heeler beholden to the Tammany Hall satraps who anointed him.
—Edward Kosner, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2018
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“Ward heeler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ward%20heeler. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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