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In a surprise press conference that took place just hours before polls opened, the City of Chicago has announced the results of the mayoral election.<\/p>\n
The election pitted incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel against four challengers: Cook County Commissioner Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia, 2nd Ward Alderman Bob Fioretti, Chicago businessman Willie Wilson, and community activist William Walls. In this morning’s conference, city administrators declared that Emmanuel will win the election with 51% of the vote.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is with great pleasure that we announce that Rahm Emanuel will be serving as mayor for another four years,\u201d the City’s official spokesperson said, \u201cThe fact that Mayor Emanuel will win with 51% of the vote means that we won\u2019t have to organize a run-off election in April.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emanuel praised the work of city officials in releasing the results in a timely manner and avoiding the confusion that would have arisen if the results were released after voting. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe quick work of the City of Chicago in releasing the election results ensure that Chicago voters don\u2019t have to worry. They can stay at home and avoid the bitter weather today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emanuel said that his main focus on his second term will be decreasing the effects of inequality in Chicago and increasing transparency in local government.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis election shows that the people of Chicago want a mayor that represents them and their concerns,\u201d Emanuel said, \u201cAnd I want to be that mayor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Polls opened at 6 A.M. and will close at 7 P.M., for those who are interested in voting symbolically. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Matt Goldenberg Feb. 24, 2015 In a surprise press conference that took place just hours before polls opened, the City of Chicago has announced the results of the mayoral election. The election pitted incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel against four challengers: Cook County Commissioner Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia, 2nd Ward Alderman Bob Fioretti, Chicago businessman Willie Wilson, and community activist William Walls. In this morning’s conference, city administrators declared that Emmanuel will win the election with 51% of the vote. \u201cIt is with great pleasure that we announce that Rahm Emanuel will be serving as mayor for another four years,\u201d the City’s official spokesperson said, \u201cThe fact that Mayor Emanuel will win with 51% of the vote means that we won\u2019t have to organize a run-off election in April.\u201d Emanuel praised the work of city officials in releasing the results in a timely manner and avoiding the confusion that would have arisen if the results were released after voting. \u201cThe quick work of the City of Chicago in releasing the election results ensure that Chicago voters don\u2019t have to worry. They can stay at home and avoid the bitter weather today.\u201d Emanuel said that his main focus on his second term will be decreasing the effects of inequality in Chicago and increasing transparency in local government. \u201cThis election shows that the people of Chicago want a mayor that represents them and their concerns,\u201d Emanuel said, \u201cAnd I want to be that mayor.\u201d Polls opened at 6 A.M. and will close at 7 P.M., for those who are interested in voting symbolically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3103,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070\/revisions\/3103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chicagoshadydealer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}