Original sentence: Dunne succeeded the late mayor Daley as Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Committee in 1976 after Daley's death.Dunne was repeatedly re-elected to this position until he resigned in 2003.However, he stayed on as Democratic ward committeeman of Chicago's 42nd Ward, a post he had held since 1961.Pushing 80 and yet enmeshed in a scandal in which he admitted having sex with female county employees who alleged they were pressured into providing sexual favors to him, Dunne did not seek re-election to the County Board Presidency or party chairmanship in 1990
Edited sentence: Dunne was repeatedly re-elected to this position, which with the decline of patronage had declined in importance,  until he resigned in 2003.However, he did not become the party's choice for Mayor and never exercised the despotic power Daley had enjoyed as party chairman.However, he stayed on as Democratic Ward Committeeman of Chicago's 42nd Ward, a post he had held since 1961.In 1976, after Daley's death, Dunne did replace the late mayor as Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Committee.Pushing 80 and yet enmeshed in a scandal in which he admitted having sex with female county employees who alleged they were pressured into providing sexual favors to him, Dunne did not seek re-election to the County Board Presidency or party chairmansip in 1990