{"id":9990,"date":"2015-03-10T13:32:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T18:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=9990"},"modified":"2015-03-10T13:33:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T18:33:03","slug":"garcia-and-emanuel-likely-even-heading-into-april-7-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/garcia-and-emanuel-likely-even-heading-into-april-7-runoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Garcia and Emanuel \u2018likely even\u2019 heading into April 7 runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Matt Yurus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ogdenfry.com\/polls\/2015Mayoral3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Ogden &amp; Fry\u2019s latest poll<\/a> on Chicago\u2019s mayoral race reported that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotogether.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mayor Rahm Emanuel<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagoforchuy.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia<\/a> are \u201clikely even.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dick Simpson, a political scientist at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Garcia supporter, said that he is now a legitimate candidate, but the \u201ccritical element\u201d to winning could boil down to whether Garcia can raise enough money to deliver his message to Chicago voters before the April 7 runoff.<\/p>\n<p><em>Medill Reports&#8217; Joe Musso contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Garcia and Emanuel \u2018likely even\u2019 heading into April 7 runoff by MedillReports\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F195201310&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=800&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Dick Simpson says Garcia is now a legitimate candidate to become Chicago&#8217;s first Latino mayor. 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