Image via WikipediaBy Randy Economywww.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
February 22, 2011
6:23 p.m.
Chicago, Il
The toddling town has a new Mayor.
Yep. Rahm Emanuel has won the Chicago Mayor election today, and it wasn't even close. With 87% of the ballots now counted, Emanuel has a commanding lead over all his five rivals.
Here is the latest results from the Board of Elections Commission in Chicago.
| Mayor |
| 2241 out of 2570 precincts (87.20 %) |
| RAHM EMANUEL | 282,348 | 54.97 % |
| MIGUEL DEL VALLE | 48,329 | 9.41 % |
| CAROL MOSELEY BRAUN | 45,023 | 8.77 % |
| GERY J. CHICO | 125,054 | 24.35 % |
| PATRICIA VAN PELT WATKINS | 8,258 | 1.61 % |
| WILLIAM WALLS, III | 4,594 | 0.89 % |
