Update: President Obama and Rahm Emanuel spoke by telephone Tuesday night after the election results were known and before Emanuel spoke, an Emanuel campaign aide confirms to CNN.
Chicago (CNN) – Rahm 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.
With almost 75% of the vote counted, Emanuel had almost 55% of the vote, far outdistancing his rivals.
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clearly the chicago machine is still well oiled.
Sure he wins. Did anyone expect anything different? Corruption never sleeps.
Well, the morons of Chicago get what they deserve.
U GO BOY!!! Now clean it up and earn your stay!!!!! Yes We Can!!!
Congratulations to the new Mayor of Chicago Mr. Rahm!!
Glad he won, but I can't figure out why anyone that smart would want to be the mayor of Chicago.
Ok...they can put the Chicago Cadavers ( Voters )back until next Election cycle.
Chicago..........you get what you deserve !
I was really hoping for a run off. This really stinks.
Way to go Rahm c ya Sunday for a victory brunch. My call was 52-53% can't wait for the totals. Now pray that O Donnell takes the 47th and will be sitting pretty.
Crooks electing crooks!
Well here is a big surprise.. NOT. As soon as he announced that he was running, you knew that he would be "elected" by hook or by crook. This reminds me of that saying: Careful what you wish for, you may just get it. I hereby predict that in 5 years, a group of people around Rham will be indicted for crimes. Rham will be innocent of course.
I think he is going be good mayor he is a good man. God bless him
congratulations mr Emanuel.show them what u got!All them haters.
This is great. Now Chicago can continue their storied history of organized crime rule.
If I lived in Chicago I'd be worried. Good thing I don't. Thank the Lord.
The best man won thats for sure I hope he can get the city back on its feet and do whats right for the ppl
Congratulations to him
Congratulations to him. Let's work hard to make the city even better.
WHAT A SHOCK. Hey, Chicago, ya get whatcha vote for.
Hey Chicago, congratulations. You get what you deserve. It will be interesting to watch this ant farm drag the city even deeper into despair.
Congrats . Right man for the job.
The better man won congratulated
so he doesn't follow the rules, whines when it gets pushed back at him, the courts let his whines win them over and he illegally gets elected mayor after breaking the rules....guess that means i live in Texas so I can go be mayor of Seattle....I mean if Rahm did it, why can't I. Politicians these days suck....used to that they would deny breaking the rules, yet now they openly break them and do as they wish, against the will of the people....look at Congress, they're a PERFECT example
This is a race for Mayor of a city, right? Why is CNN making it seems like it's for the Presidency? Does anyone think that he would lose the election after being Obama's Chief of Staff? It's like Obama running for Governor after being President. This is not news. Go and report something more meaningful for a change.
Congrats Mr. Emanuel!
Woooo-hooooo. Hahahaha in your face!!!!!!!!!!
Well some things never change. It's comforting to know in these changing times that Chicago's legacy of dirty rotten politics is still alive and kicking. What a joke. Is anyone surprised that Rahm Emanuel won? Of course he was going to win. He wasn't a citizen of Chicago in the last two years and yet they let him run as Mayor anyway. I guess it's still all about money and who you know. If you grease the right palms in City Hall you can buy yourself an office. It makes me sick!
i am happy for emanuel to wine he have sarve the counter for 22year and he is the right man for chacago keep it u what your good work i will vort for u in the precedentcal race thank from in upperdarby
Miguel del Valle ran a clean campaign, and I wish he would've won. That being said...congratulations,Rahm...do what you promised and work for the people.
What was Chicago thinking?
Congrats, Mayor Rahm!!!
Another thug and crony of obamblas...
Great news, another insider gets to keep the charade going. Arrrggghhh.
He has his work cut out for him, but he's a tough cookie.
I guess its easy to win when your the only canidate. thats chicago politics for ya. wow what a surprise. good luck chicago. typical. i bet no one could have guessed that outcome.. crooked crooked crooked. remind you of the current whitehouse?? i would say i cant beleive this. but i can. sign of the times.
Come on no one else can comment on this unprofessiona foul mouth. well at least he not in our whitehouse anymore.lol
Congrats to Rahmbo!
Yeah, if this wasnt a staged election, Obama is really a citizen..
Gee, who didn't see that coming? The gangs all should be thrilled.
They want Emanuel? Heck, they can have Obama on Monday, January 21st, 2013!
A great day for the city of Chicago! Rahm Emanuel will do great things for the city in it's difficulty and he will clean up the corruption. He's a man of intregity!
Wait a minute. A Chicago thug won the Chicago mayoral election? NO. WAY! Next you'll tell me the governor of Illinois is corrupt.
Another union coddling democrat liberal ready to bust Chicago and force more people to move to the relatively honest government in the suburbs. Where will slimy democratic legislators go when Illinois goes broke from the SEIU theft and has to shut down its government? Notice all of these state legislators who don't want to deal with reality and do their jobs hide out in Illinois? It must be like the "Hole in the Wall" for corrupt, union toady state legislators from Wisconsin and Indiana.
Rahm wins ... and this will be yet another city/State which we will need to bailout.
Congratulations CNN for getting another Democrat elected into office.
Now you can start working to get Obama re-elected in 2012!
CONGRATULATIONS RAHM!!!!
A decisive win.
All the best to you.