Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia called Mayor Rahm Emanuel to concede the mayoral race Tuesday around 8:15 p.m., just over an hour after the last polls closed. Emanuel received 56 percent of the vote, more than enough to beat Garcia’s 44 percent, in the city’s first-ever mayoral runoff election. The Chicago Board of Elections reported […]
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April 10, 2015Read More

Six weeks after failing to secure enough votes to avoid the city’s first-ever mayoral runoff, Mayor Rahm Emanuel won a second term Tuesday, defeating his challenger, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, with 56 percent of the vote. The polls closed at 7 p.m., and Garcia called Emanuel just after 8 p.m. to concede and congratulate him. Emanuel […]
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