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8th Ward Dems Tell Feds Farnese Didn't Have To Buy Votes

8th Ward Dems Tell Feds Farnese Didn't Have To Buy Votes

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Jan 27, 2017
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By Ralph Cipriano
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A Democratic committeeman from the 8th Ward got his dander up today when a prosecutor asked if state Senator Larry Farnese had offered him money in exchange for his vote to make Farnese ward leader.

"Don't be silly," Sam Hopkins, a 20-year veteran of the ward, yelled at Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Kravis on cross-exa…

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