CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION: RAHM IS FINISHED

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Breitbart:

As Chicago’s mayoral race heads to a rundown, incumbent Rahm Emanuel’s opponents are feeling confident.

 

“The mayor is going to lose,” Jay Sharkey, interim head of the Chicago Teachers Union tells Chicago Magazine. “Rahm can’t run away from the fact that he closed 50 schools, that he opposes an elected school board, that his donors list is full of rich people, many who live out of state or in the suburbs.”

 

“Chuy has the momentum,” Sharkey said, referring to Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. Garcia stunned national Democrat insiders by forcing incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel into a run-off for mayor on Tuesday. It’ll be a first in Chicago’s history.

 

Emanuel was widely expected to clear the 50 percent vote threshold he needed to avoid a run-off in the nonpartisan election. Instead, a slate of four relatively unknown challengers held him to just 45 percent of the vote. Emanuel had the support of the entire political and business establishment in Chicago, the endorsements of both major newspapers and an overwhelming financial advantage.

 

Emanuel, a former White House Chief of Staff, even enlisted President Obama for a late campaign swing. Obama was also featured prominently in Emanuel’s campaign advertisements. Emanuel’s weak showing on Tuesday was in some measure a reflection on Obama’s dwindling political fortunes with his own base.

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The end of Rhambo?