THE INEVITABLE

Turnout Low In Chicago Mayor's Race As Rahm Emanuel Seen Inevitable Victor

By Elizabeth C.

CHICAGO'S MAYORAL ELECTION TODAY SIGNALS THE END OF THE DALEY DYNASTY. It's the first time since 1989 that outgoing mayor Richard Daley's name won't be on the ballot.

Voting was reported light at polling places across the city. "I'm really disappointed," one election judge told the Wall Street Journal. "We're electing a mayor and you'd think more people would come out."

Voter indifference stems in part from the sense of inevitability of who will take this race: Rahm Emanuel, the former Chief-of-Staff of the Obama White House and a native Chicagolander, was expected to win by a comfortable margin.

"It is going to be a landslide," university instructor Bright Justus, 38, told the New York Times.

Emanuel's chief opponents in the race are former Democratic U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, veteran Chicago administrator Gery Chico, and City Clerk Miguel del Valle.

Daley leaves Chicago with a gaping budget deficit of $655 million with few new potential revenue streams, according to the Tags: Politics

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THE INEVITABLE

Turnout Low In Chicago Mayor's Race As Rahm Emanuel Seen Inevitable Victor

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