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posted: Tom Swiss is a white candidate running for state representative in a majority African-American district.
But that has nothing to do with his decision to erect a billboard with his name and a picture of a black construction worker, he said.
“I don’t look at this as a race issue — I look at it as a socio-economic issue: These guys are my guys,†he said of the district’s economically struggling or out-of-work African-Americans. “I’m out in the community, I’m knocking on doors. I am not remotely trying to hide that I’m white.â€
Swiss is also a recent former director of the Cook County Republican Party running as a Democrat in the overwhelmingly Democratic district.
posted: Tom Swiss is a white candidate running for state representative in a majority African-American district.
But that has nothing to do with his decision to erect a billboard with his name and a picture of a black construction worker, he said.
“I don’t look at this as a race issue — I look at it as a socio-economic issue: These guys are my guys,†he said of the district’s economically struggling or out-of-work African-Americans. “I’m out in the community, I’m knocking on doors. I am not remotely trying to hide that I’m white.â€
Swiss is also a recent former director of the Cook County Republican Party running as a Democrat in the overwhelmingly Democratic district.
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