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for "the past year’s most outrageous and ridiculous affronts to free speech and press", declaring that he had "abus the power of his office to intimidate and silence a harmless parodist".
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in 2005, defeating incumbent Dave
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from 2005 to 2021. Prior to becoming mayor, he had previously served on the Peoria City
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account parodying Ardis, on suspicion of the misdemeanor crime of false personation of a public official. After obtaining a warrant, police sent a SWAT Team to raid Daniel's home in
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1072:"Warrant shows Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis wanted Twitter parody culprits tracked down"
1013:"Historic night for Peoria: Rita Ali sworn in as city's first female, Black mayor"
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1174:. Peoria, Illinois: City of Peoria. Archived from
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901:"Mayor Jim Ardis: Ensuring Progress in Peoria"
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62:Preceded by
1345:Categories
1234:2016-05-08
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922:"About Us"
853:References
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382:Jim Ardis
349:Candidate
302:West Bluff
205:Background
173:Profession
153:Alma mater
122:Republican
98:1959-05-25
1329:April 25,
1255:1 January
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490: Tie
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187:Jim Ardis
52:In office
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1182:June 14,
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950:Research
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260:at-large
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1307:May 17,
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1145:Chicago
829:45.99%
529:Runoff
465:Mayoral
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374:14,442
363:17,273
298:Twitter
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1125:May 7,
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840:13,088
835:Totals
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713:Totals
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704:1,563
693:90.50%
688:14,893
672:Votes
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641:13,240
615:12.73
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588:9,953
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366:21.33
352:Votes
244:Univar
128:Spouse
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810:7,069
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559:33.21
554:4,399
443:3.74
432:7.92
421:9.86
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