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| Rahm Emanuel wins Chicago mayoral election |
| 2011-02-23 |
 Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has been elected mayor of Chicago, to succeed the retiring Richard Daley.With 86 percent of the precincts reporting, Emanuel was trouncing five opponents Tuesday with 55 percent of the vote to avoid an April runoff. Emanuel needed more than 50 percent of the vote to win. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #8 Heard the population of Chi town is down to 1922 levels. All the murders and all. Reckon being the mayor of a big graveyard should be easy. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Unaviling6323 2011-02-23 22:50 |
| #7 How long until Chicagoans look back with longing to the time when the Daley machine ran things? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-23 15:47 |
| #6 Well, it is nice to see some things never change. The corrupt political machine in Chicago is still working smoothly. Now may all the Chicago politicians just stay in Chicago. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-02-23 12:05 |
| #5 Exactly what has he done that makes one think he could successfully run a large city; get pot holes filled, balance a budget, make sure the streets are plowed, etc. etc.? Or could this just be another in the long list of steps taken to build political power and the 4377 with actually having a quality city? Am I that cynical? Yep. |
| Posted by: Alan Cramer 2011-02-23 10:27 |
| #4 After looking at his opposition, he is clearly the least bad choice in a field of bad choices. Well, maybe not 'clearly', but you get the idea. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2011-02-23 10:16 |
| #3 The 'machine' still works! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-02-23 09:44 |
| #2 Finally someone to come in and clean out all that corruption. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2011-02-23 09:41 |
| #1 Too much global warming? The drinking water in Chicago? A even more mediocre slate of candidates? Mideast-like city where voting is corrupt and voters suffer from one party hegemony for far too long. Glad I don't live in Chicago. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-02-23 08:30 |