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Competitive primary matchup for Chicago-area prosecutor remains too early to call

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By SOPHIA TAREEN
Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — An open race to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office remains too early to call after a heated primary campaign in the Chicago area. The Democratic matchup for the Cook County state’s attorney primary features Eileen O’Neill Burke and Clayton Harris III. O’Neill Burke had a narrow lead as late results were still coming in from Chicago early Wednesday. The race has been one of the most of intense during Illinois’ primary. It’s an open race because Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx declined to run for a third term. The winner of the primary is expected to win outright in November in the largely Democratic territory.

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