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Parties' Power Grabs In Battle For Comptroller; Quinn Calls Legislators Into Special Session

Amanda Vinicky

Judy Baar Topinka, who died of a stroke last week, was no stranger to the dizzying world of Illinois politics. The state comptroller had also been state…