{"id":12223,"date":"2015-04-07T14:07:28","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T19:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=12223"},"modified":"2015-04-07T18:11:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T23:11:27","slug":"mayoral-candidates-chase-votes-ahead-of-polls-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/mayoral-candidates-chase-votes-ahead-of-polls-closing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayoral candidates chase votes ahead of polls closing"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Christina Bucciere<\/p>\n

Chicago\u2019s runoff mayoral contenders hit the campaign trail for the last time early Tuesday morning to garner last-minute support.<\/p>\n

They each shared confident thumbs up and generic good-natured banter with voters and media as they both\u00a0predicted victory.<\/p>\n

Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces Cook County Commissioner Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia, the top two contenders after each candidate failed to win a majority of the vote in February.<\/p>\n

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Both mayoral candidates started greeting voters at 6 a.m. at train stations across the city.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a> Garcia makes last minute push to get voters out<\/a><\/h3>\n

Turnout could prove critical to the outcome of this election, especially for the grass-roots campaign of Cook County Commissioner Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia, Continue reading \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Garcia started at the Chicago Transit Authority Jefferson Park Blue Line station where he spoke to voters, the media and rubbed the paint-chipped nose of the Thomas Jefferson statue for good luck outside the station.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tradition here, I\u2019m told,\u201d Garcia told reporters.<\/p>\n

He also spent time at the Merchandise Mart Brown Line station around 9 a.m. before heading to his canvas kick-off at his field office on Hubbard Street.<\/p>\n

\"(Adriana
Garcia spent the morning greeting commuters at Blue and Brown Line stations. (Adriana Cargill\/Medill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He later plans to greet voters at Ms. Biscuit, a restaurant on Wabash Avenue, talk to students on State Street and meet voters at the 18th Street Pink Line station this evening.<\/p>\n

It’s time Chicago. We can do this. #DumpRahm<\/a> #OneTermMayor<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/XvtL2F648S<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Peter J Fugiel (@ThePublicArena) April 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Emanuel\u2019s schedule is less full, starting by shaking hands and taking pictures with voters in the 8th Ward at the 95th Street Red Line station. Emanuel told voters \u201cit\u2019s their future on the ballot,\u201d and he will eat lunch with supporters at Manny\u2019s Deli on Jefferson Street this afternoon.<\/p>\n

\"(Noor
Bob Fioretti met Mayor Rahm Emanuel at Manny’s Deli for lunch. (Noor Wazwaz\/Medill)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Voters will have until 7 p.m. to end Chicago\u2019s first-ever, six-week runoff at polls across the city to settle 18 aldermanic races and decide who will be the Chicago\u2019s next mayor.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Campaign advertising seeks to sway minds up to the last minute<\/a><\/h3>\n

Campaign advertisements unabashedly seek to sway your mind as they glorify candidates, nudge opinions and try to cinch the outcome of an election.Continue reading \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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More than 142,000 people voted in the early voting period, which is more than double the amount of early votes in the February early voting period. As voters head to the polls to choose between Emanuel and Garcia, they use the Twitter megaphone to share their thoughts on the election with divisive hashtags, such as #dumpRahm<\/a>, #chuy2015<\/a> and #ImWithRahm<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Passing out #Chuy2015<\/a> flyers at polling place in Beverly. Most common comment: “I don’t need the flyer. I’m voting for Chuy.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Troy A. LaRaviere (@TroyLaRaviere) April 7, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional reporting by Adriana Cargill and Mathias Meyer.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Left –\u00a0Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the Chinese New Year celebration in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood. (Ezra Kaplan\/Medill) Right –\u00a0Mayoral candidate Jesus “Chuy” Garcia announced Tuesday night he will go on to challenge Mayor Emanuel in a run-off election April 7 (Meg Anderson\/Medill).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces Cook County Commissioner Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia, the top two contenders after each […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":9113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[321,28,30,436],"tags":[192],"class_list":["post-12223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election2015","category-general-interest","category-public-affairs","category-spring-2015","tag-promo"],"yoast_head":"\nMayoral candidates chase votes ahead of polls closing - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/mayoral-candidates-chase-votes-ahead-of-polls-closing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mayoral candidates chase votes ahead of polls closing - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By\u00a0Christina Bucciere Chicago\u2019s runoff mayoral contenders hit the campaign trail for the last time early Tuesday morning to garner last-minute support. 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