Chicago Mayor's Race: Candidates Make Their Rounds (PHOTOS)

CHICAGO -- Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, easily overwhelming five rivals to take the helm of the nation's third-largest city as it prepares to chart a new course without the retiring Richard M. Daley.

Emanuel trounced all opponents with 55 percent of the vote - a margin that allowed him to avoid an April runoff. He needed more than 50 percent to win outright.

It was the city's first mayoral race in more than 60 years without an incumbent on the ballot and the first in more than two decades without Daley among the candidates. Daley and his father have led Chicago for more than 43 out of the last 56 years.

Despite their efforts, Carol Moseley Braun, Gery Chico and Miguel del Valle fell short on Tuesday. Check out some photos from the campaign season's final hours here:

 

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Chicago mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle assembles campaign signs with volunteer Israel Martinez at campaign headquarters, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Chicago. Six candidates are on Tuesday's ballot to replace the retiring Mayor Richard Daley, who didn't seek a seventh term. del Valle and four other candidates are looking to force a runoff with the former White House chief of staff Rahn Emanuel, who polls show is the frontrunner. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Chicago mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle assembles campaign signs with volunteer Israel Martinez at campaign headquarters, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, in Chicago. Six candidates are on Tuesday's ballot to replace the retiring Mayor Richard Daley, who didn't seek a seventh term. del Valle and four other candidates are looking to force a runoff with the former White House chief of staff Rahn Emanuel, who polls show is the frontrunner. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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[Paul Andrews]

11:25 AM on 02/23/2011

I just read that providence RI is issuing pink slips to all of their teachers and the union is up in arms
http://www.projo.com/news/content/providence_teacher_layoffs_02-23-11_MCML6R3_v17.1a1cc6d.html

[ggmome]

11:09 AM on 02/23/2011

To all those who doubted Emanuels win...Tol JA!

[Gordon Preston Brown]

10:22 AM on 02/23/2011

Good for Chicago! You have elected a powerful Marxist who will destroy any last vestiges of Capitalism in your city. Please have your Little Red Book in hand and be able to recite all of Chairman Mao's quotations.

[grovestand12]

10:30 AM on 02/23/2011

have you been paying attention at all or do you just spout out what fox regurgitates as news???? Rham is the best thing to happen to folks like you as he is a pro NAFTA, pro less government, and anti-labor politician he will bust up the municipal employee unions, raid their pensions and sell the city to the highest corporate bidders. basically pick up where daily left off..you and your cohorts should be ecstatic!

[Coloradem]

01:10 PM on 02/24/2011

Your's is an idiotic post unworthy of a response....and I'm being generous.

[maxro89]

08:27 AM on 02/23/2011

with this, the democrats are back in track to the election 2012. I don't think that the Supreme Court could reverse this election.

[AwShucks]

08:10 AM on 02/23/2011

How wonderful for Rahm.

[Robster]

05:23 AM on 02/23/2011

Vote early, vote often.

[RWC CT]

10:12 PM on 02/22/2011

bought and paid by the union bosses.

[Titus Pullo]

12:30 AM on 02/23/2011

18.896 - take your pick

[Dunkleberger Karl]

02:08 AM on 02/23/2011

Millions of corperate dollars wasted on his opposition! Instead of JOBS JOBS JOBS
                Hey .,John BoeHner: where are the jobs?

[Paul Andrews]

08:37 AM on 02/23/2011

@Dunkleberger Karl Why dont you ask OBAMA where are the jobs he had both houses and the presidency for 2 years Boehner has had the house only for 2 months

[Paul Andrews]

08:40 AM on 02/23/2011

@Dunkleberger Karl SOUR GRAPES that you lost the house ? you will have even more reason to be angry in NOV of 2012 when you lose the senate and white house too

[ItAintNoRocketScience]

02:56 PM on 02/22/2011

10 out of the 19 slides in this article are pics of Ramen Noodle. Ponderous...

[Dunkleberger Karl]

02:10 AM on 02/23/2011

@ identical pics dont count