Pollster: Expelled Rep. Derrick Smith Would 'Swamp' Rival Lance Tyson If Vote Were Today

Poll: Expelled State Rep Still Leading By Landslide In Race
FILE - In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Illinois State Rep. Derrick Smith reads a statement outside federal court in Chicago after pleading not guilty to a federal charge of bribery. The Illinois House on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, is gathering in Springfield to consider expelling Smith. Its something the House hasnt done in more than a century. House investigative committees met during the spring and summer and ultimately recommended Smith be expelled. It would take a two-thirds vote of state representatives to toss him. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
FILE - In this April 30, 2012 file photo, Illinois State Rep. Derrick Smith reads a statement outside federal court in Chicago after pleading not guilty to a federal charge of bribery. The Illinois House on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, is gathering in Springfield to consider expelling Smith. Its something the House hasnt done in more than a century. House investigative committees met during the spring and summer and ultimately recommended Smith be expelled. It would take a two-thirds vote of state representatives to toss him. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

SPRINGFIELD-Can someone who gets expelled from the Illinois House turn that embarrassment into a political advantage?

Sure looks that way for former state Rep. Derrick Smith.

Smith (D-Chicago) is blowing away his third-party opponent in a new poll of West Side voters despite being under federal indictment for allegedly accepting a $7,000 cash bribe.

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