Rahm Emanuel, the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, won the Chicago mayoral election Tuesday, topping the 50% threshold to avoid a run-off vote, CNN reports.
Emanuel, the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, won the Chicago mayoral election over five other challengers Tuesday, topping the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff vote.
Runner-up Gery Chico tonight called Rahm Emauel to acknowledge Emanuel’s lead is insurmountable and he will be Chicago’s next mayor.
“We’ve elected a mayor tonight,” Chico told supporters. “I want with all of my heart for Rahm Emanuel to be successful as mayor. We need that, ladies and gentlemen.”
With 92 percent of precincts counted, Emanuel had 54.9 percent to 24.4 percent for Gery Chico.
While Tuesday’s vote was technically the Democratic primary, there is no Republican contender in the heavily Democratic city, so Emanuel will succeed Richard M. Daley in the top job long associated with the Daley family.
(Chicago Tribune – YWN)
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Dose it make a dierence if he is jewish or not? is Mayor Bloomberg or was Mayor Koch a better Mayor an generel or jewish ishues then Mayor Guiliani?
Why are you getting so excited, Mr. YW editor? These disloyal Jews only bring shame upon us.
Mazel tov!
i agree to #1 and #2
I cant figure out if I hate him or love him. Can someone help me?
Charlie I’m sure your jumping for joy in the Bronx that another radical left wing liberal got elected, way to go you’ll get what you voted for. Chicago will be runned even farther down the toilet bowl.
#2, given the thoughtlessness of your comment, I suspect you bring shame upon yourself just fine.
To quote Rahm himself: “I am not intending to be a Jewish mayor. I’m intending to be a mayor who happens to be Jewish.”
I think that says it all!
Tina18,
Perhaps you should neither love or hate him. What’s happening in the world today, and always, is well out of our hands, so for us to start picking and choosing what is good based on our own assessments seems against the “venehapechu” hashkafa we try and remind ourselves about every year. Perhaps there is a reason this yid, frum or not, is in power right now. Esav is begematria Shalom, why? What do the two have in common? Baal HaTurim explains all the time we don’t have Shalom in Klal Yisroel, Esav has the power. So instead of us pointing fingers around the word and always assessing what is good and bad, we should focus all of our energy on assessing the relationships in our life and community and do our best to make sure that they are all in Shalom. Then, when we pick our heads up and look and the world we know we did our part to ensure the redemption is that much closer. How many Yiddin thought it was a shame and busha to the family of Ester when she was taken into the palace of a rasha. How many people pointed their fingers and said “oy, nebuch”. That was not their assessment to make, they were supposed to say “Hashem has a plan and we pray that this to is part of the Tov”, and low and behold it was, like the whole story we are in now. Before bentching in Shir HaMaalot we say “Hayinu Semaichim” what’s that about, “we were happy?” Its about the yiddin who had Emunah the whole time that everything was Tov before the Tov was clear to all. Let us be happy, and assume there is a master plan without manifesting hate or negativity towards the unique scenarios that are unfolding in this generation, and we will be worthy to the Geulah BeKarov
No. 9: Well said. And tina18, if you don’t live in Chicago, you certainly do not have to choose between love and hate of its mayor, whoever she/he is.
Mazel Tov! Do a great job. You got the goods to do it!
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I find it interesting that of the top 3 US cities in population, two of them will have a Jewish Mayor, this coming May. (Or should I say Mayors with a Jewish lineage?)
I wonder why Hashgocha worked it out this way.
Hey, Judenräte were of the Jewish descent too…
At least he’ll be away from Washington and decisionmaking about Israel.
No. 14: Your comment raises an interesting question: If municipal officials do not make decisions affecting Israel, why is support for Israel an issue in New York City Council elections?