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Thornton Township Supervisor Napoleon Harris is facing a challenger as he seeks reelection as the township’s Democratic Party committeeman: former ally and township Trustee Stephanie Wiedeman.

Wiedeman, who was elected interim township trustee during a town hall style caucus on Jan. 25, chose not to seek reelection once Harris, who is also a state senator, announced he would seek the supervisor position.

She says she maintained a decades-long relationship with Harris, and trusted he would get the township on the right track after the tumultuous term of former Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, who was also mayor of Dolton and remains under federal investigation.

But Wiedeman said since Harris was sworn in in May, that relationship has deteriora

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