(Chicago Sun Times) — Mayoral hopeful Carol Moseley Braun lashed out against Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg on Wednesday in response to a column criticizing the former U.S. senator. “He is a drunk and a wife beater, and that’s a matter of record. I didn’t make that up. It’s the truth,” Braun said at a […]
There's fear that Clinton's stumping for Emanuel would siphon black votes.
(The Grio) — Of the dozen or so candidates running for mayor of Chicago, one of them dropped out of the race. And his decision was a prudent one. James Meeks (D-Ill.), Illinois state senator and black megachurch pastor, announced the day before Christmas Eve that he was withdrawing from the mayoral race. The reason he […]
(Politics365) – Keeping with his penchant for polemic flare and independent style, the Rev. State Sen. James Meeks abruptly pulled out of his quixotic bid for Mayor of Chicago. The move comes after a confluence of events pulled the firebrand Illinois state legislator into the hot burn of a spotlight, something he is no stranger […]
(Chicago Tribune) — Like the menu at a potluck supper, Chicago Public Schoolshas a dizzying array of offerings, from classical, magnet, selective enrollment and gifted schools to charters and contract schools and career and military academies. The smorgasbord is a testament to Chicago’s myriad attempts to fix broken schools and keep middle-class parents from fleeing to the […]
(UPI) — Rahm Emanuel, former chief of staff to President Obama, says he can “turn the page” now that questions of his Illinois residency have been cleared. Opponents of Emanuel’s candidacy in the race to become Chicago’s next mayor said he didn’t meet residency requirements because he moved to Washington to become a member of Obama’s […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — State Sen. James Meeks has dropped out of the mayoral race. In an e-mail sent to media Thursday afternoon, Meeks — who also heads Salem Baptist Church on the South Side — said he was ending his campaign. Meeks met with mayoral challengers U.S. Rep. Danny Davis and former U.S. Senator […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Congressman Danny Davis, former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun and State Sen. James Meeks met privately Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to unite behind a consensus black candidate for mayor. One day before today’s deadline to drop out of the race, the three top African-Americans in the race tried once again […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Former White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel early Thursday survived the pivotal first round of a residency challenge that will determine whether his name remains on the ballot for mayor of Chicago. “The name of Rahm Emanuel shall appear and shall be printed on the ballot,” Hearing officer Joe Morris wrote. Morris […]
(Politics365) — The battle for Mayor in the windy and very chilly city of Chicago has been heating up in recent weeks as the campaign rhetoric is noticeably more racial in edge. Many political junkies watching the closely contested race were mainly focused on the residency eligibility dispute involving former White House Chief of Staff […]
(The Hill) — One would have thought that Sen. Roland Burris (D) would leave Washington and come home to Chicago and just keep quiet. His boneheaded decision to lobby Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) for an appointment to Barack Obama’s Senate seat landed Burris the appointment, but ruined his reputation. Blago was soon arrested and impeached, […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Danny Davis says he’s serious about becoming Chicago’s next mayor. Some have questioned whether Davis — who considered running for Cook County Board president, then backed off in 2009 — has taken the mayoral race seriously, he said Sunday. “I’m just getting in this race,” he said during a fund-raising event […]