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Obama, Jeb Bush to Join in Education Reform Event at Florida School
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThey aren't exactly school chums, but President Obama and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush plan to share a stage and also their goals for education reform Friday at an event in Miami. The White House said the president will talk about "how winning the future in education will require investments that promote shared responsibility among everyone involved; reform at the state and local levels and focus on achieving results." Bush, who served two terms as Florida's governor, would probably be a rival to the president next year were it not for the plummeting popularity of his brother George W. Bush ...
Chicago Election Results Are In, but the Jury's Still Out on Mayor Rahm Emanuel
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsWhile he won't take office until mid-May, Rahm Emanuel is already feeling comfortable in his new gig. "Thank you, Chicago, for this humbling victory," Emanuel said during his acceptance speech. "All I can say is, you sure know how to make a guy feel at home." It was a slight jab at the residency battle that nearly prevented his run, but given Emanuel's decisive victory, it's no surprise that the newly elected mayor of Chicago was ready to let off a little steam. The former White House chief of staff won roughly 55 percent of the vote Tuesday night, enough to avoid a runoff election against ...
Rahm Emanuel Wins Chicago Mayoral Race, Thanks Voters for a 'Humbling Victory'
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyCHICAGO -- Rahm Emanuel decisively won Tuesday's mayoral election, becoming the city's 55th mayor. With 98 percent of the city precincts reporting, Emanuel had 55 percent of the vote -- enough to avoid a runoff election. His main rivals were Gery Chico, with 24 percent, City Clerk Miguel del Valle, with 9 percent, and former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.) with 9 percent. Two other candidates also ran. "Thank you, Chicago, for this humbling victory," Emanuel said. "All I can say is, you sure know how to make a guy feel at home," a wry reference to the residency challenge that at one time ...
Rahm Emanuel Elected Next Mayor of Chicago
By not in system - AOL NewsCHICAGO -- Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, easily overwhelming five rivals to take the helm of the nation's third-largest city as it prepares to chart a new course without the retiring Richard M. Daley. With 86 percent of the precincts reporting, Emanuel was trouncing five opponents with 55 percent of the vote to avoid an April runoff. Emanuel needed more than 50 percent of the vote to win. The other major candidates - former Chicago schools president Gery Chico, former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun and City Clerk Miguel del Valle - had ...
Rahm Emanuel Poised to Win Chicago Mayoral Election, but Fake Twitter Feed Still Has More Followers
By David Knowles - AOL NewsWill the real Rahm Emanuel please tweet up? With polls in the Chicago mayoral election set to close at 7 p.m., the world will soon learn whether or not Emanuel will need a runoff election to be named the city's next mayor. While that question remains the only real item of business regarding when Emanuel will have his Related Stories Chicago Mayor Race: Meet Rahm Emanuel's Rivals new job title, another mystery continues to surround President Barack Obama's former chief of staff. In a nutshell, the intrigue resides on Twitter, where an as-yet-anonymous user has ...
Chicago Mayor Race: Meet Rahm Emanuel's Rivals
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsRahm Emanuel has made it to election day. After nearly five months of wild campaigning that took Emanuel's mayoral candidacy to the edge in the Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago residents are finally ready to go to the polls and vote on a ballot that for the first time in over 60 years lacks a sitting mayor seeking re-election. Emanuel remains the clear favorite, but there are a few candidates who can still give the former White House chief of staff a run for his money. In no particular order, here is a quick breakdown of Emanuel's competition. Carol Moseley Braun In 1993, Braun became the ...
Chicago Heads to Polls to Choose New Mayor
By not in system - AOL NewsCHICAGO -- The campaign to replace Mayor Richard Daley has unfolded unlike any in Chicago's history, and almost certainly will end with a mayor unlike anyone who's run City Hall before. Voters in Tuesday's election will cast ballots that for the first time in more than two decades do not have Daley's name on the list. And they may select the city's first Jewish mayor, Rahm Emanuel. Or the first black woman, former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun. Or the first Hispanic mayor - either former Chicago public schools president Gery Chico or City Clerk Miguel del Valle. Emanuel has been the ...
Rahm Emanuel May Clinch Chicago Mayor's Race on Tuesday
By not in system - AOL NewsCHICAGO -- The election to replace Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago is Tuesday and Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, is so far ahead that the only question is, will he win outright with more than 50 percent of the vote or be forced into a run-off on April 5 against whoever places what may be a distant second. ...
Rahm Emanuel May Clinch Chicago Mayor's Race on Tuesday
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyCHICAGO -- The election to replace Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago is Tuesday and Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, is so far ahead that the only question is, will he win outright with more than 50 percent of the vote or be forced into a run-off on April 5 against whoever places what may be a distant second. "Can I count on ya?...Hey buddy," Emanuel, 51, said in his clipped tone as he approached shoppers at a Target store on Cottage Grove near 85th, on the city's South Side on Saturday, as he focused over the weekend on turning out the African-American vote. At the ...
Rahm Emanuel Offers Charitable Bounty to Mysterious Tweeter
By Susanna Baird - AOL NewsFormer Barack Obama chief of staff and in-the-lead Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel (@RahmEmanuel) boasts a respectable stable of 7,400 Twitter followers and a feel-good feed detailing stops on the campaign trail. Emanuel's anonymous Twitter impersonator, @MayorEmanuel, evinces a knowledge of the candidate's schedule and reputation for rage, but he tops his real-life inspiration with a whopping 26,000 followers and an angry, often funny, always profanity-laced feed that features the "F" word in nearly every 140-character rant. Emanuel hasn't a clue as to the identity of his ...
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