Chicago Mayoral Election Thread: RAHM v. CHUY The RUNOFF!

[alcibiades_mystery]

(and other run-offs)

Jump in, homeslices.

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. T Minus 5 to polls closing

Norf Side/ Sox Side / West Side, son.

Get at it.

[misterhighwasted]

2. What are you hearing?? I'm enroute at the moment

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. Very little scuttlebutt

Rahm expected, of course, but there seemed a late surge in Chuy momentum on the weekend. Is there a secret ground swell for Chuy? Unknown.

[Smithryee]

8. Actually I heard differently - Rahm committed election fraud

by having people pre-fill the ballots for Rahm before giving it to the voters...

[valerief]

9. election fraud

[Smithryee]

11. Thanks.

[valerief]

14. A few years ago someone on DU corrected me. I haven't forgotten.

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. G'luck with that

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Polls are closed in Chicago

Here we go, y'all.

[DeadLetterOffice]

5. To report Chicago mayoral race election irregularities...

... contact the US Attorney's Chicago office via their voter complaint hotline at 312-469-6157.

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. ??

Odd post

[Dragonfli]

26. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026471737#post8

[F4lconF16]

30. Here is a full thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026471254

[DeadLetterOffice]

28. Didin't mean for it to be odd...

Just wanted to put it out there for folks in Chicago. I think it's good for people to know who to holler to if something goes wonky when they're voting. I post the same kinds of info for my state elections...

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. News is on, Irish whiskey in hand

Board of Elections site and Trib refreshing on the devices.

Will it be a long night? Will it be a short night?

[former9thward]

7. Rahm ahead 56-44 with 28% of vote in.

http://www.chicagoelections.com/race_results.asp?id=20

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. Rolling in...

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. 53% in Rahm holding firm at 55%

44% Chuy.

[Freddie Stubbs]

16. They're in great spirits at Rahm HQ

https://twitter.com/benjamdub/status/585603360159571968

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. I suspect so: he's thr out and out favorite and leading big

With more than half reporting.

[alcibiades_mystery]

18. 62% of precinct reporting Rahm's lead growing

56 and change to Chuy's 43.75

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. That 201,000 for Rahm to 156,000 for Chuy

[DemocratSinceBirth]

20. The final poll was accurate:

Without the undecided voters factored in, 56.6 percent of voters pledged their support to Emanuel, while 43.4 percent supported Garcia.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Final-Poll-Results-Predict-a-Rahm-Victory-298773111.html#ixzz3Wfsy225I

The out in without is a typo when you read the entire article.

[alcibiades_mystery]

21. Suspect it will be called for Rahm soon

30 minutes.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. The polling was really good, especially for a mayoral race...

I didn't have a dog in the fight as I didn't immerse myself in Chicago politics.

[alcibiades_mystery]

25. It was remarkably good given the high number of undecideds

They projected how the undecideds would break. Pretty impressive.

[stillwaiting]

22. This country is just so very fucked. The people don't have a clue.

And, the elections have zero integrity.

Very little hope that things will begin to improve in this country right now. It's apparently got to get much worse. And, it will.

[alcibiades_mystery]

24. 67% of precincts reporting...Rahm 56%, Chuy 44%

Holding firm at this margin. Unlikely that the remaining 600 precincts will reverse this number.

[octoberlib]

27. Looks like they called it.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/04/07/rahm-emanuel-tops-chuy-garcia-for-chicago-mayor/?utm_medium=projx&utm_source=projx_latest&utm_campaign=projx_latest-stories_vph-news

[alcibiades_mystery]

29. Yup...some polls opened late so stayed open until 8pm...they published the call at 8pm

It's over, Johnny.

[alcibiades_mystery]

31. 70% in...Rahm holding form at 56%; Chuy holding at 44%

50,000 vote difference.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

32. Great! Now I'm stuck with this jagoff for another 4 years. I wish someone would

make him a nice offer so he can go be hedge fund manager or lobbyist or whatever the fuck. Oh well......

[alcibiades_mystery]

33. Ha!

It's Rahm's World. We're just living in it!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

35. People like douchebags. Which probably explains Ari from Entourage. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

37. As I'm sure you know, that character is based on Rahm's brother

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

38. Of course. But I'm sure the fictional one is the more likeable version. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

40. Ha!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

45. Well you know the writers just had to give him a heart since it's TV and all...... errr

I mean HBO.

[aspirant]

34. What about the alderman runoffs?

[alcibiades_mystery]

36. There are a bunch...worst is with a dickhead Teahadist named Garrido in the 45th Ward

Unions put big money behind current alderman John Arena. Arena is up 55% to Garrido's 45% with 90% reporting.

This is on the North west side of the city.

This is a good win. Garrido is a dangerous asshole.

[aspirant]

39. Didn't Bernie support an alderman along with Chuy?

How is Susan Sadlowski Garza doing?

[tracks29]

41. He was in Chicago and rallied with Chuy, yes

[alcibiades_mystery]

42. Lots of Aldermanic races...since my Alderman won without a run-off, I don't really watch

Garrido is close by and a super-douche, so I kept an eye on that shit.

[alcibiades_mystery]

43. 72% of precincts reporting...Rahm at 56% Chuy at 44%

I don't see how the remaining precincts come in drastically differently. Odd that the Trib hasn't called this one yet.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

44. I'll say this. Given the amount of money, name recognition, mistakes by Garcia (some of

which you pointed out). This wasn't the massacre I would have expected. Solid victory but still.

[alcibiades_mystery]

46. Most undecideds broke for Chuy

A recent poll had Rahm at 55% and Chuy at 33% with 12% undecided. If that's right, all the undecideds broke for Chuy. Rahm built his base and made it strong, but that's an eye-popping number.

[alcibiades_mystery]

47. Garcia Calls Rahm to Concede Election

Front page of the Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/

[alcibiades_mystery]

48. 76% reporting...Rahm 56% Chuy 44%

51,000 vote difference.

[alcibiades_mystery]

49. New York Times calls the Race

Rahm Emanuel Retains Seat as Chicago Mayor

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/08/us/rahm-emanuel-retains-seat-as-chicagos-mayor.html?

[tritsofme]

50. Congrats Rahm! Good day for Chicago!

[tracks29]

51. -

[alcibiades_mystery]

53. Any day over 0 degrees is a good day for Chicago

And remember, it's cooler by the lake.

[Warren DeMontague]

52. The outcome was never, really, in question.