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Voters re-elect Mayor Rahm Emanuel to fix Chicago s problems Reuters
56 / 44, margin = +12, landslide margin.
More exact stats when the final canvasses come out.
A statement at the end of this quote pretty much sums it up:
So, after all that money and energy, a traditional landslide.
56 / 44, margin = +12, landslide margin.
More exact stats when the final canvasses come out.
A statement at the end of this quote pretty much sums it up:
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel won re-election on Tuesday against challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia in a hard-fought race to lead a city on the brink of financial crisis and plagued by violent crime.
Emanuel, 55, who has spent millions of dollars on television and radio ads in his bid for re-election, was leading by about 56 percent of the vote to 44 percent for Garcia with 86 percent of precincts reporting, according to the city's Board of Election Commissioners. Turnout was 44 percent.
Over a six-week-long non-partisan race, the battle between Democrats Emanuel and Garcia became a symbol for a national divide between the party's moderates and the less well-funded progressive wing.
Once an aide to former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Emanuel finished first among five candidates in February, but did not get the 50 percent of the vote needed to win the nonpartisan election outright. Garcia, 58, a Cook County commissioner and a former state senator and alderman, finished second.
Garcia said he had called Emanuel to concede.
Emanuel, who has been criticized for closing 50 public schools, as well as for violent crime and for what some call an arrogant manner, fought to rehabilitate himself with voters. He acknowledged in television ads that he can be abrasive, but said he fights for Chicago.
"Rahm may be a jerk but this is not a personality contest. It's about who can lead this city forward," said Alison Street, 46, a manager at a nonprofit organization, speaking at a polling place. "Rahm has a plan."
So, after all that money and energy, a traditional landslide.