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Rahm Emanuel heads to runoff in Chicago
Rahm Emanuel heads to runoff in Chicago
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) is headed to a runoff despite outspending his opponents and muscling out his strongest opposition, the Associated Press projected Tuesday. With roughly 84 percent of precincts reporting, the President Obama’s former chief of staff was hovering at 45.5 percent of the vote. His closest challenger, Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, had 33.9 percent.
It is the first time since the 1990s that Chicago has had a mayoral runoff, WBEZ reported.
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Re: Rahm Emanuel heads to runoff in Chicago
"Muscling out" is a rather pejorative term.
Did Emanuel do something improper?
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: Rahm Emanuel heads to runoff in Chicago
If spending big money in an election is a crime, then we ought to remind the Supreme Court of that fact !
Wait till you see the whopper of BIG $$$$$ that is going to hit (and has already started) the 2016 campaign.
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