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Chicago's Mayoral Race: Rahm Emanuel's Eligibility At Issue - by Stephen Lendman
On February 22, Chicago's mayoral primary will be held. If no candidate gets over 50% of the vote, an April 5 runoff will be held, the winner's term running from May 16, 2011 - May 18, 2015. Democrats dominate city politics. The last Republican mayor ("Big Bill" Thompson) left office in 1931. The Great Depression ended their rule when Anton Cermak took over, built a strong constituency among African Americans, and consigned Republicans to small pockets on the city's far northwest side and suburban areas post-war.
Richard J. Daley and his son Richard M. (current incumbent leaving office after six terms) ran Chicago like Republicans for over 43 of the last 55 years. If elected, so will Emanuel as a previous article explained, accessed through the following link:
His Background
Born in Chicago, his political career began in a number of capacities in local and national politics, including:
-- Democrat Paul Simon's 1984 election;
-- in 1988, as political director for the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), and
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