Rahm, not Chuy, pulled together the Harold Washington coalition

At last Chicago’s mayoral runoff election is over. It was a contest that featured: 1) Too many dollars chasing too few voters 2) Predictions by pundits that one candidate, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, could recreate Harold Washington’s multiracial coalition of the 1980s. OPINION Feature 1 – The money vs. voter turnout.  Twenty-first century Chicago politics… Read More
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