Chicago voters weigh another Daley term
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Mayor Richard M. Daley will be on course to eclipse his legendary father and become the city's longest-serving mayor if voters Tuesday give him a sixth term despite a City Hall corruption scandal.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is expected to release a draft Thursday of its review of the city's plan to expand O'Hare International Airport, Mayor Richard Daley said Wednesday.
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The Illinois Senator is a different kind of African-American candidate. But some black politicians are witholding their support, questioning whether he can win
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Democrat Barack Obama piled on the praise last month as he stood beside Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and embraced the mayor's bid for a sixth term.
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John J. Sweeney is facing his first serious challenge as he seeks a fourth term -- and it is from his own base, the labor left. The AFL's 60 member unions will meet in July to choose the next president, but the struggle for votes has already begun.
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BLAINE, Minn. - Vote for my opponent. Please. Paul Herold entered the primary for a City Council seat in this Minneapolis-St. Paul suburb, but then he landed a new job that he says wouldn't leave him enough time to do a decent job for his constituents.
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Fresh from the Independence Day holiday, Chicago Board of Trade members returned to work on Thursday expecting more fireworks in the last days of canvassing before a vote that could decide the exchange's future.
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Lost in the fuss over next week's Super Tuesday presidential contests is the fact that the 2008 congressional campaign also has its official kickoff that day, with primaries in Illinois. Not that this event is being greeted with enthusiasm by many Republicans, who appear desperate to hold the White House to counteract the near-certain extension of the majorities Democrats won in both the Senate and the House in 2006.
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Some St. Louis voters weighing uniqueness of a black president versus an affinity for the Clintons.
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The Illinois senator talks obliquely about the Democratic front runner. Time to start scoring some direct hits.
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Divided results mean fight may go beyond Super Tuesday as questions arise over ideological path
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Another union conference this week in Chicago is unlikely to yield announced support for any one of the Democratic candidates.
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CHICAGO Thousands of Ukrainians in Chicago and elsewhere in the Midwest have left no doubt about their choice for president in Ukraine.
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PARK RIDGE, Illinois  - Hillary Clinton is about to face voters for the first time in the town where she grew up, but the winter air in this Chicago suburb is hardly crackling with excitement.
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December 27, 2004 - This weekend many Chicagoans went to the polls to make a difference in an election thousands of miles away. It was the third vote in the Ukrainian presidential elections and Viktor Yushchenko is claiming victory.
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Mayor Richard Daley has faced down his share of scandals in 15 years running City Hall. But a stream of recent indictments and nonstop news reports of corruption have the mayor on the defensive like never before.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Hillary Clinton questions whether Barack Obama would be able to withstand what she calls the ``Republican attack machine.'' If Obama does become the Democratic presidential nominee, his Chicago ties might provide the fuel.