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Jennifer Mcdermott

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 25, 2014 file photo, former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci speaks with reporters at the WPRO-AM radio station in East Providence, R.I., after announcing on the air that he will run for a seventh term as mayor. Cianci was forced to resign in 1984 after he was convicted of assault. In 1990 he won his job back until he was convicted of racketeering conspiracy in 2002 and sent to prison as part of a federal investigation into corruption in City Hall. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) (AP)

A look at convicted politicians who try comebacks

Jennifer Mcdermott