(Chicago mayor) Emanuel heads to runoff against Garcia

[alp227]

Source: Chicago Tribune

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is headed to a politically risky runoff election in April after conceding he won’t reach the 50 percent benchmark he needs on Tuesday night.

"We have come a long way and we have a little further to go," Emanuel told supporters at a union hall.

With 83.7 percent of precincts reporting, Emanuel had 45.5 percent to 33.9 percent for challenger Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, a Cook County commissioner. The two will now campaign for six more weeks and Chicago voters will get their final say on April 7.

Businessman Willie Wilson was running third at 10.5 percent, 2nd Ward Ald. Bob Fioretti had 7.4 percent and frequent candidate William “Dock” Walls had 2.7 percent, according to unofficial returns.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/chi-chicago-mayor-election-20150224-story.html

[blkmusclmachine]

1. OMG

[mucifer]

2. Looks like I'm gonna have to do some volunteering for Chuy!

[kysrsoze]

3. Amen. I so badly want that corporate lackey and charter school supporter out of office.

[840high]

5. ...^ that

[rpannier]

4. Not bad

I wrote yesterday that if he gets less than 47%, he's in trouble.
He's kind of like Landrieux was in Louisiana, the has a ceiling.
If Chuy can get out the vote and can make nice with Wilson and Fioretti, Emanuel is done

[former9thward]

9. Emanuel will win easily.

The Chicago black population does not like Hispanics and vice verse. The black vote will go to Emanuel.

[rpannier]

11. I'm assuming you also live in Chicago

Everything I've seen suggests Emanuel is in trouble
I don't know if he'll win, but he'll squeak by less than 3 if he does

[former9thward]

12. I lived in Chicago for 30 years.

And participated in political campaigns there for every one of those years. That is what I base my opinion on.

[rpannier]

13. And that's fine. It doesn't make either of us correct

We're both basing ours on what/who we know.
In April we'll find out

Just get out and vote no matter who it is.
I don't know where you live, but as you probably know, lotta Alderman run-offs.

[rocktivity]

6. The Chicago gulag story that just broke should help Emanuel big time

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[roody]

7. great news!

[irisblue]

8. piss off and go away Rahm

[47of74]

10. I hope that SOB Emanuel loses.

Especially after hearing about that black site horseshit that's been going on over there.

[Starry Messenger]

14. K&R

This should be on the front page of DU.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

15. Rahmbo is in trouble.

The White House better be careful. Obama showed a little hypocrisy when he bitched about Bibi coming to Dc two weeks before Israel's election, but he has no trouble traveling to Chicago to try to push Rahmbo back with 50% or more. Hmm. Perhaps he should stay out of local politics after this result.

Rahm IS a bully, and chuy (pronounced chew Ee) has years of making personal connections. The unions, the schools, the breaks for huge corps, and rahm's connection the the new governor will be the death of Rahmbo. I hope.

[former9thward]

18. Rahm took every African-American ward.

All by less than 50%. He will take every AA ward in the run-off with more than 50% in all of them and easily win the run-off.

[Myrina]

16. Good. He has been a disgrace for public education / poor folk in Chicago.

The Chicago School style of economic theory just doesn't work - at the Federal or State/Local level.
Privatizing everything and cutting the social safety net at the knees does NOT help society.

[Sienna86]

17. Rahm's "friendship" with Governor Raumer may not help

If the groups voting for the other candidates coalesce, then Rahm is in trouble.

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Rauner is infuriating Chicagoans with his insane budget proposals

Rahm will likely tell him to keep his mouth shut until April 8 if he doesn't want to have to deal with Chuy running the main population center in the state for his entire term.

Rauner's been acting a straight fool since inauguration. He doesn't seem to realize that he has a super-majority Dem legislature that can tell him to pound sand on virtually everything.

[HappyMe]

21. Most people I know in Chicago can't stand Rahm.

I know my sister is working on the Chuy campaign. I truly hope Rahm gets booted.