Cohen drops out, giving Illinois Dems a break

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Bowing to calls from several Democrats, Scott Lee Cohen has renounced his claim to the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, which he won in last Tuesday’s primary.

The pawn broker and owner of a cleaning supplies company won the nomination Tuesday. Since then, it has become widely know that he was accused of abusing his ex-wife and holding a knife to the throat of an ex-girlfriend.

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