RAHM EMANUEL TOPS CHUY GARCIA FOR CHICAGO MAYOR
Source: CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — Thrown into a bruising run-off election, Rahm Emanuel scored a hard-fought win for a second term, defeating Jesus “Chuy” Garcia on Tuesday, thus ending a mayoral campaign never before seen in Chicago.
With nearly two thirds of the vote counted, Emanuel held a 56 percent to 44 percent edge over Garcia. CBS 2 exit polling data projected the final margin to be 54 percent to 46 percent.
Emanuel, politically damaged by his decision to close more than 50 Chicago Public Schools and fighting the perception that he was out of touch with voters and only focused on pleasing well-healed business connections, failed to win 50 percent of the vote in February’s election.
That result led to the first ever run-off election in Chicago, with the Chicago Teacher’s Union, angered over the school closings, providing much of the momentum to Garcia, especially in the early days following February’s first round.
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I'll always bet on the side with an EIGHTY percent advantage! Hell, our district has a federal rep that is there as long as he wants to be. The few times there's dared to be a challenge to him, he just flexes his monetary base and settles in for another two years! 
bummer.....
This sucks.
Lawd, the shit people come up with.
Sorry to disappoint you. 
Because your post suggests you don't. My response was to counter the ludicrous suggestion that "Republicans" voters tilted the mayoral election. And yes, I read that Tribune article well before I read your post.
I live in Chicago, though not on the Northwest side. (The only time I've been there is to a paint store once, and there's a great little Polish restaurant we go to once or twice a year.) And is there any surprise that Arena would beat the single Republican running in all 50 aldermanic races? There are no Republican aldermen/women (even if we concede that city elections have recently become "non-partisan" . That said, aldermanic races frankly have little to do with the mayoral election. It's not about coattails. It's about specific things that occur in the ward: like vacant lots, like too much or too little development, like garbage pickup. It's rarely ideological. It's largely about constituent services.
Look, this was a 12-point spread. If we want to look for answers, we shouldn't resort to uninformed suggestions that "Republicans" tilted this election. If you want to look anywhere, look to racial relations in this city, which is about evenly divided between whites, blacks, and Latinos. There's a whole lot of distrust and antipathy between the black and Latino communities, and Garcia was not able to move the black community here. It's a sad but true fact that there is competition between these two groups. The demographics are clear: the white vote went largely for Emanuel, the Latino vote went largely for Garcia. The black vote tilted toward the mayor. It's really that simple.
(Electronic paperless voting machines)
Listed above your comments? They seem to be big. 
