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Chicago Election Results Are In, but the Jury's Still Out on Mayor Rahm Emanuel

While he won't take office until mid-May, Rahm Emanuel is already feeling comfortable in his new gig. "Thank you, Chicago, for this humbling victory," Emanuel said during his acceptance speech. "All I can say is, you sure know how to make a guy feel at home." It was a slight jab at the residency battle that nearly...

Rahm Emanuel Elected Next Mayor of Chicago

CHICAGO -- Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, easily overwhelming five rivals to take the helm of the nation's third-largest city as it prepares to chart a new course without the retiring Richard M. Daley. With 86 percent of the precincts reporting, Emanuel was...

Rahm Emanuel Poised to Win Chicago Mayoral Election, but Fake Twitter Feed Still Has More Followers

Will the real Rahm Emanuel please tweet up? With polls in the Chicago mayoral election set to close at 7 p.m., the world will soon learn whether or not Emanuel will need a runoff election to be named the city's next mayor. While that question remains the only real item of business regarding when Emanuel will have...

Chicago Mayor Race: Meet Rahm Emanuel's Rivals

Rahm Emanuel has made it to election day. After nearly five months of wild campaigning that took Emanuel's mayoral candidacy to the edge in the Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago residents are finally ready to go to the polls and vote on a ballot that for the first time in over 60 years lacks a sitting mayor seeking...

Chicago Heads to Polls to Choose New Mayor

CHICAGO -- The campaign to replace Mayor Richard Daley has unfolded unlike any in Chicago's history, and almost certainly will end with a mayor unlike anyone who's run City Hall before. Voters in Tuesday's election will cast ballots that for the first time in more than two decades do not have Daley's name on the list. And...