Smith, Egan To Battle For Lincoln Park's 43rd Ward
Nine candidates ran to replace outgoing Ald. Vi Daley in the high-profile Lincoln Park neighborhood's 43rd Ward, but now, the field has been narrowed to two candidates who have both run before.
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Nine candidates ran to replace outgoing Ald. Vi Daley in the high-profile Lincoln Park neighborhood's 43rd Ward, but now, the field has been narrowed to two candidates who have both run before.
Eighteen candidates ran for alderman in the West Side's 24th Ward, but now it's down to two – the current and former alderman.
Incumbent Willie Cochran will face a Grammy Award-winning rapper in a runoff election April 5 in the South Side's 20th Ward.
Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel succeeded in the mayoral race by connecting with people across the city, and raising money far in excess of any of his opponents, explains CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine.
Some Chicagoans are still getting used to the idea of moving forward without Mayor Richard M. Daley, the only mayor many city residents have ever known.
As many as 10 sitting Chicago aldermen appear headed into one-on-one runoff elections in April and four more open aldermanic races are headed towards runoffs between the top two contenders.
Congratulations have gone out from the White House to Chicago's mayor-elect.
Former Chicago Public Schools President Gery Chico has conceded the mayor's race to former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun has conceded the race for mayor of Chicago, telling supporter she "gave it her best."
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has filed a new motion seeking to toss out several corruption charges against him, based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting the use of a federal anti-fraud law.
Rahm Emanuel coasted to victory in the race for mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, easily defeating five opponents to take over for the retiring Richard M. Daley, whom he called "an impossible act to follow."
Elections officials fielded thousands of complaints as voters went to the polls in the election for mayor and City Council seats on Tuesday, though only a handful were for serious issues.
In addition to the city of Chicago, elections are also taking place Tuesday in two Cook County suburbs and in Lake County.
There seems to be no end in sight to the deadlock over the budget bill in Wisconsin that would strip collective bargaining rights from union members.
Nobody named Daley is on the mayoral ballot for the first time in 22 years – and for one of only a few times in the past 56 years.
