(9 Mar 2011) HEADLINE: Rahm Emanual voted next mayor of Chicago
CAPTION: Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is Chicago's first new mayor since 1989. (Feb. 23)
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HEADLINE: CHICAGO VOTES..RAHM EMANUEL, MAYOR OF CHICAGO
CAPTION: FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF BECOME CHICAGO'S NEW MAYOR
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS CHICAGO HAS A NEW MAYOR..
IN A MAYORAL RACE WITH TONS OF DRAMA..RAHM WAS ON THE BALLOT, THEN OFF THE BALLOT, THEN ON THE BALLOT AGAIN BECAUSE OF HIS DEBATED RESIDENCY ISSUE SINCE HE MOVED TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO BECOME PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S CHIEF OF STAFF..THAT BUMP IN THE ROAD WAS RESOLVED IN JANUARY IN THE ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT...
EMANUEL SUCCEDS MAYOR RICHARD DALEY, WHO HAS BEEN IN OFFICE SINCE 1989.. HIS FATHER..MAYOR RICHARD J. DALEY..WAS MAYOR FROM 1955 TO 1976 AND IS THOUGHT OF AS THE LAST OF THE BIG CITY BOSSES..
VOTER TURNOUT WAS EXPECTED TO BE LOWER BECAUSE OF SNOWY AND ICY CONDITIONS IN CHICAGO..RAHM NEEDED OVER 50 PERCENT TO FIRM UP THE TICKET, IF NOT CHICAGO WAS HEADED INTO A POLITICAL RUNN OFF THAT THAT WOULD HAVE ENDED IN ANOTHER ELECTION ON APRIL 5TH.
LOADED WITH A 12 MILLION DOLLAR WAR CHEST THE CAMPAIGN SEEMED TO TAKE IT ALL IN STRIDE, EVEN BATTLING OFF CHALLENGES BY THE REV. JESSE JACKSON AND OTHER BLACK LEADERS, WHO TRIED TO GET THE CITY'S SIGNIFICANT AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE BEHIND CANDIDATE CAROL MOSELY BRAUN..
EMANUEL FACES A MASSIVE BUDGET CRISIS, A CITY RIDDEN WITH GANG PROBLEMS AND A SCHOOL SYSTEM IN DESPERATE NEED OF REFORM..HE TAKES THE OATH ON MAY 16TH..
ROBERT RAY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, CHICAGO.
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