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Dowell joins a growing list of Democrats who’ve announced they’re contenders including former state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, state Sen. Michael E. Hastings of Frankfort. Meantime, Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia has all but thrown her hat in the ring while Chicago Ald. Walter Burnett, 27th, who considers White a mentor, has been mulling a bid.