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THE PLAINDEALERWEDNESDAYMAY5 1993 MAY PRIMARY PD/C.H.PETE COPELAND Lawyer Michael A. Cicconetti is surrounded'by relatives and friends as he arrives at the Painesville Eiks Club on Liberty St. for a victory party.. Lawyer beat Cicconetti victory) to that. in the race for It was not known last night how prosecutor. La- many Republicans crossed over Tourette FROM/1-B has party lines to vote for Cicconetti, but fueded with wil- Cicconetti guessed there were a lot. son over Wil- During the campaign, Cicconetti, a Wilson took Concord Township, son's reluctance Painesville Township trustee, said Leroy Township and Madison Town to allow assist- the choice was between improving. ship and had slim margins in. ant county pros- the court system or keeping a Fairport Harbor and Madison village ecutors to serve bloated budget and distractive politi- by, respectively, eight votes and in his court. cal fights with other public officials, one vote. LaTourette's Wilson including the Painesville City Coun- Although Wilson, 49had the en cil. support, Cicconetti said, was the key dorsement of the Lake County Dem- to the victory. "I think that carried The judge's courtroom doubles as ocratic Party, Cicconetti got backing me over the top," Cicconetti said. "It the City Council chambers. Wilson from several prominent Republicans two years ago used his authority to among them, Lake County Fros-. goes to show'that people are more in- take down photographs of council ecutor Steven C.LaTourette,one of terested in people working together members and city bulletins, saying the county's best-known officehold- than in party politics. I really think I he did not wish to look at City Coun- ers. Ironically, LaTourette/in 1988 can attribute the small margins (of cil members' pictures in his court