(Chicago Tribune) — Bounced out of the U.S. Senate, Roland Burrislanded in the middle of the race for Chicago mayor Monday when a group of supporters filed petitions to place him on the ballot just before the deadline. The last time Burris heeded the siren’s call of a draft movement for mayor, he got less than 40 percent againstMayor Richard Daley in 1995. When Burris said he might be drafted in 2008 for the U.S. Senate, Gov. Rod Blagojevichmade him his controversial choice to fill the former seat ofPresident Barack Obama. It was unclear whether Burris would actually run this time, but his tentative step into a field of 20 candidates for mayor was the final act in a circus on the last day to enter the Feb. 22 city elections.
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