Rahm Emanuel Wins Chicago Mayor Race
Former White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, wins the Chicago mayor race today with 55% of the votes. Gery Chco finished second in the Chicago mayoral race with 24% and Carol Mosely Braun tied for third place with Miguel del Valle with about 9% each. Had Emanuel won with less than 50%, there would have been a run off in April. After leaving Barack Obama′s side at the White House, Rahm Emanuel and his wife Amy Rule returned to Chicago so that Rahm could run for the office vacated by retiring Mayor Richard M. Daley.
With 89% of precincts counted, Chico and Braun called Emanuel and conceded the race. Hopes for a possible run-off were brought to an end. Today′s mayoral election in Chicago was the first in 60 years that an incumbent was not running. This led to wide open field. Danny Davis and Jesse Jackson were considered potential threats to Rahm Emanuel′s campaign. A lawsuit to disqualify him over residency requirements was defeated in the courts.
While President Barack Obama did not actively campaign or endorse him, Rahm Emanuel still wins the Chicago mayor race easily. Despite a late start in the campaign, Emanuel stage a swift advance upstaging contenders like Gery Chico, one-time Chicago school president and former Congresswoman Carol Mosely Braun. Even City Clerk Miguel del Valle had better poll numbers than Emanuel did when the White House Chief of Staff resigned. There is joy in Chicago tonight as Amy Rule, Rahm Emanuel′s wife, becomes the First Lady of the City with Broad Shoulders.
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February 22nd, 2011 at 9:04 pm
Tiny Dancer, Mayor Tutu
February 22nd, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Wonder why they even held the election. We all knew he was going to ‘win’.
Soooo glad I don’t live there.
February 22nd, 2011 at 11:49 pm
well he worked hard two years for the Obama administration, so he is now a made Arch-Duke of one of the key cities of the American Realm, really the second city of the realm. Once in a while someone gets paid back, and this is one of these times. He did get a high percentage of a difficult vote, and now he will be a king maker. He may be entering a 30 year reign. Meanwhile we can restock the thrift store shelves with paper pads and shampoo for all our coupon customers.
February 23rd, 2011 at 6:00 am
Brian,
HUH?????
What difficult vote?
Everyone with any political sense knew he would make it if he survived the residency challenge. The only real question was if there would be a run off or he would win it on the first ballot.
The state of Illinois is in financial trouble. Chicago is in trouble as well. The city is heavily in debt, with a hefty deficit in this years budget. Negotiation with all of the unions will likely get as heated as in Wisconsin, New Jersey, etc. Rahm has a difficult time ahead of him.
February 23rd, 2011 at 8:12 am
Does this point to a latent racism in the citizens of the Hog Butcher To The World for rejecting the Mostly-Bronzed woman in favor of Tiny Dancer ?
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:40 am
I have so much empathy for the citizens of Chicago. Well, there goes the neighborhood.
Can always move to Texas.