The Nation - News from Dec. 28, 1986

Democrats loyal to Chicago Mayor Harold Washington ousted his City Council nemesis, Alderman Edward R. Vrdolyak, from the chairmanship of the city’s Democratic Party for running for mayor on a third-party ticket. Organizers of the ouster, approved by 13 of 50 city party committee members, said it was legal. But some politicians called Vrdolyak’s removal a charade likely to be challenged in court. Vrdolyak denounced the vote. “I’m the chairman,” he said. “I’ve been the chairman. And I’m still the chairman.” Vrdolyak has filed in the mayoral race as an Illinois Solidarity Party candidate, according to 43rd Ward Committeewoman Ann Stepan.