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The Ryan Murphy Experience
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The Ryan Murphy Experience
GOAT of this is Mel Reynolds vs Gus Savage (Savage also had rape allegations, and Reynolds went on to resign after being convicted of sexual assault charges against a 16-year-old and was later also convicted of bank fraud).
![For the 1992 election, redistricting pushed his district further into Chicago's south suburbs, territory that Savage did not know and that did not know him. He faced a rematch with Mel Reynolds, who had challenged him in the 1988 and 1990[2] primaries. Savage claimed that "racist Jews" were donating to Reynolds, while Reynolds claimed that Savage was involved in a drive-by shooting that injured him. Although Savage accused Reynolds of staging the shooting,[8] he lost the 1992 election to Reynolds by a margin of 63%-37% after voters in the suburban portion of the district voted 4-to-1 for Reynolds.[9] In defeat Savage declared, "We have lost to the white racist press and to the racist reactionary Jewish misleaders."[10]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bvf2mheouwcjgcyexlywmobh/bafkreifnip5jlozjq27muylojdj2qwb2mf7yb3a5vp5g32bpoytjtcghdu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
GOAT of this is Mel Reynolds vs Gus Savage (Savage also had rape allegations, and Reynolds went on to resign after being convicted of sexual assault charges against a 16-year-old and was later also convicted of bank fraud).
