Emanuel elected mayor of Chicago
Rahm Emanuel, a top adviser to two U.S. presidents who returned to Chicago just months ago, swept into the mayor’s office Tuesday, inheriting a city reeling from recession and promising to reshape City Hall, the Chicago Tribune reported. Emanuel will become Chicago’s first Jewish mayor and the 46th overall. He’ll succeed Mayor Richard M. Daley, the city’s longest-serving chief executive, when he is sworn in May 16. He amassed 55.2 percent of the vote, with 99.5 percent of city precincts counted, above the 50 percent-plus benchmark he needed to win outright to avoid an April runoff.
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