Chicago mayoral election, 2011

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Chicago Mayoral election, 2011
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Candidate Rahm Emanuel Gery Chico Miguel del Valle
Popular vote326,331141,22854,689
Percentage55.19%23.89%9.25%
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Candidate Carol Moseley Braun
Popular vote53,062
Percentage8.97%
Mayor before election

Richard M. Daley

Elected Mayor

Rahm Emanuel

The city of Chicago, Illinois held a nonpartisan mayoral election on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Incumbent Mayor Richard M. Daley, a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 1989, did not seek a seventh term as mayor. [1]

Richard M. Daley Illinois politician

Richard Michael Daley is an American politician, lawyer, and author who served as the 50th Mayor of Chicago, Illinois from 1989 to 2011. Daley was elected mayor in 1989 and was reelected five times until declining to run for a seventh term. At 22 years, he was the longest-serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his father, Richard J. Daley.

Democratic Party (United States) political party in the United States

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Contents

Candidates needed to collect 12,500 petition signatures by November 22, 2010 to qualify for a place on the ballot. [2] April 5, 2011 was scheduled to be a runoff election date if no candidate received an absolute majority. [3] [4]

Rahm Emanuel won the race for mayor with more than 55% of the vote. [5] He was inaugurated on May 16, 2011. [6]

Rahm Emanuel 44th Mayor of Chicago

Rahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician serving as the 44th mayor of Chicago since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 23rd White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Chicago between 2002 and 2009.

Mayor of Chicago

The Mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States. The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of various city departments, submits proposals and recommendations to the Chicago City Council, is active in the enforcement of the city's ordinances, submits the city's annual budget and appoints city officers, department commissioners or directors, and members of city boards and commissions.

Candidates

Six candidates appeared on the February 22 ballot:

Gery Chico American politician and lawyer

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Miguel del Valle American politician

Miguel del Valle is an American politician and the former City Clerk of Chicago. He was an Illinois State Senator for two decades, representing the 2nd District of Chicago from 1987–2006. Del Valle lost his bid for mayor in Chicago's February 22, 2011 municipal elections, coming in third with 53,953 votes.

Nominating petitions were filed for 20 candidates in November 2010. [7] In the initial review of the petitions by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners on December 6, 2010, three candidates, Ryan Graves, M. Tricia Lee, and Jay Stone, were removed from the ballot for submitting insufficient numbers of signatures or duplicate signatures, although they had the right to seek reconsideration of the decision. [8] Rob Halpin, businessman and tenant of Rahm Emanuel, withdrew from the election on the same day. [8] Tom Hanson was removed by the Board of Election Commissioners on December 13, but filed a complaint in Circuit County Court Chancery division seeking reversal of the Board's decision, for being contrary to Illinois Election Code, Section 10-8, but was not reinstated. [9] [10] Former U.S. Senator from Illinois Roland Burris withdrew from the race on December 17, 2010. [11] State Senator James Meeks ended his bid on December 23, 2010, the deadline for candidates to not appear on the ballot. [12]

A leasehold estate is an ownership of a temporary right to hold land or property in which a lessee or a tenant holds rights of real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord. Although a tenant does hold rights to real property, a leasehold estate is typically considered personal property.

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Roland Burris politician from the United States

Roland Wallace Burris is an American politician and attorney who is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.

Danny K. Davis, U.S. Representative from Illinois's 7th district, withdrew on December 31, 2010, to support Carol Moseley Braun, in an attempt to unite voters behind a single major African American candidate. [13]

Danny K. Davis American politician

Daniel K. Davis is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative from Illinois's 7th congressional district, elected in 1996.

United States House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

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Illinoiss 7th congressional district

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Assemblies of God congregation leader Wilfredo De Jesús dropped out of the race on January 7, 2011, and endorsed Gery Chico. [14]

Real estate broker John Hu was removed from the ballot by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners on December 29, 2010. [15] On January 11, 2011, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners removed three additional candidates whose candidacies were challenged and finalized the election ballot of six candidates. [7]

Eligibility

On January 24, 2011, Rahm Emanuel was removed from the ballot by the Illinois First District Appellate Court in a 2–1 decision. Emanuel's eligibility had been previously confirmed by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners and a judge of Cook County. Emanuel appealed the case to the Supreme Court of Illinois. [16] Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times criticized the ruling in editorials as "startling arrogance and audaciously twisted reasoning" and "pinched interpretation of the law [that] ignores the lawmakers' obvious intent". [17] [18] On January 25, 2011, the Supreme Court of Illinois issued a stay of the appellate court's ruling that Rahm Emanuel should be removed from the ballot. [19] On January 27, 2011, the Supreme Court of Illinois, in a unanimous (7–0) decision, overturned the ruling of the Appellate Court and allowed Emanuel to stay on the ballot.

Campaign

On September 23, 2010, Miguel del Valle became the first candidate to launch a television commercial in the mayoral race. [20]

Rahm Emanuel announced his resignation as White House Chief of Staff on October 1, 2010, and went on to announce his mayoral candidacy on October 3. [21] According to the Chicago Sun-Times , two Chicago election lawyers stated that Illinois municipal code requires mayoral candidates to reside in the town for a year before the election, making Emanuel ineligible to hold the office. [22] On December 23, 2010, the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners unanimously rejected the challenge to Emanuel and ruled that he was a legal resident of Chicago. [23]

The editorial pages of Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times endorsed Rahm Emanuel on February 4, 2011. [24] [25]

Polling

First round

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Ed BurkeRoland BurrisGery ChicoBill DaleyTom DartDanny K. DavisMiguel Del ValleRahm EmanuelBob FiorettiLuis GutiérrezJim HoulihanJesse Jackson, Jr.James MeeksCarol Moseley BraunTerry PetersonPatricia Van Pelt-WatkinsWilliam WallsOtherUndecided
McKeon & Associates / Chicago Sun-Times (report)September 8, 2010600± 4.3%––6%–12%––7%3%9%3%8%10%–4%––3%35%
We Ask America (report)September 20102,365?6.31%––8.16%13.66%––29.68%2.95%12.81%2.30%13.36%8.21%–2.55%––––
Chicago Teamsters Joint Council 25 / Anzalone Liszt (report)November 8–14, 2010?± 3.7%––10%––14%4%36%––––7%13%–––––
We Ask America (report)November 23, 20102,255± 2.06%–2.40%8.86%––7.29%4.78%39.00%––––5.16%12.33%–––1.47%18.72%
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (report)December 1–8, 20101,020± 3%–1%9%––10%8%43%––––7%11%–––2%7%
Chicago Tribune (report)December 10–13, 2010721± 3.6%––9%––9%3%32%––––7%6%––––30%
We Ask America (report)December 20, 20102,239± 2.07%––11.78%––6.63%6.09%43.83%––––3.63%7.78%–––3.91%16.35%
Chicago Teamsters Joint Council 25 / Anzalone Liszt (report)January 4–6, 2011500±4.4%––10%–––7%42%–––––26%–––––
Chicago Tribune/WGN (report)January 15–19, 2011708±3.7%––16%–––7%44%–––––21%–1%2%–9%
We Ask America (report)January 24, 20112,308±2.05%––14%–––4%52%–––––11%––––16%
Richard Day Research (report)February 3–7, 2011600±4%––14%–––8%54%–––––6%–––3%15%
NBC Chicago / Victory Research (report)February 10–12, 2011?±3.46%––16.1%–––9.6%44.8%–––––22.5%–0.9%1.1%–5.0%
We Ask America (report)February 13, 20112,252± 2.06%––23.72%–––10.39%58.21%–––––6.04%–0.97%0.67%––

Runoff

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Danny K. DavisRahm EmanuelCarol Moseley Braun
Chicago Teamsters Joint Council 25 / Anzalone Liszt (report)November 8–14, 2010?± 4.3%33%54%–
–55%32%
Chicago Teamsters Joint Council 25 / Anzalone Liszt (report)January 4–6, 2011500±4.4%–53%31%

Results

Mayor of Chicago 2011 [26] (General Election)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Rahm Emanuel 323,54655.25
Nonpartisan Gery Chico 140,36223.97
Nonpartisan Miguel del Valle 54,3429.28
Nonpartisan Carol Moseley Braun 52,4838.96
Nonpartisan Patricia Van Pelt Watkins 9,6041.64
Nonpartisan William "Dock" Walls III5,2910.90
Turnout 585,628100.00

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