Original sentence: As part of a move to consolidate his power and reconcile with many white "machine" politicians Washington (by then deceased) endorsed Aurelia Pucinski, daughter of longtime Alderman Roman Pucinski, who defeated Byrne in the primary and Vrdolyak—now a Republican—in the general election.She ran one more major campaign, a failed bid in the 1988 Democratic Primary for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk
Edited sentence: Byrne ran one more major campaign, a failed bid in the 1988 Democratic Primary for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk.Byrne sought Washington's support, yet shortly before his sudden death in late 1987 the Mayor endorsed Aurelia Pucinski, daughter of longtime Alderman Roman Pucinski,as part of a bid to reconcile with white machine politicians.Pucinski went on to defeat Byrne in the primary and Vrdolyak—by then a Republican—in the general election.She subsequently endorsed Washington for the general election, in which he faced three white opponents