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Raymond Wardingley
Raymond Wardingley | |
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| Born | February 13, 1935 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 29, 2024 (aged 89) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Raymond G. Wardingley (February 13, 1935 – October 29, 2024) was an American perennial candidate who many times, unsuccessfully, sought office in Chicago, Illinois. He is most famous for having been the Republican nominee in the 1995 Chicago mayoral election, and for having previously performed as a clown under the name "Spanky the Clown".
The embarrassment that many in the Republican party felt about Wardingley having been their party's 1995 standard-bearer in the Chicago mayoral election has been cited as a reason why a Republican-led Illinois General Assembly and Republican governor passed into law legislation that made all subsequent Chicago mayoral elections nonpartisan.
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