Fourteen years after he left Congress and a decade after he was released from federal prison after serving 19 months for wire and mail fraud related to campaign finance issues, Jesse Jackson Jr. is poised to make a dramatic return to his former House seat Tuesday at age 61.
With Rep. Robin Kelly seeking the Democrat nomination for senator, her predecessor Jackson is considered the front-runner in the all-important primary for Chicago’s 2nd District seat he held from 1995-2012.
The primary Tuesday comes barely two weeks after Jackson’s namesake father was buried in a funeral televised nationally from Chicago.
Following eulogies delivered by Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, the younger Jackson drew swaths of publicity for his sharp rebuke to the three living former Democrat presidents for drifting from honoring his father to political commentary and declaring
Jesse Jackson Jr. Looms Large In Comeback Bid in Ill.
