Showing posts with label Rahm Emanuel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rahm Emanuel. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

"Corporate Titans Fund Emanuel’s Political Group"

"In its first three weeks, Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel's newly formed political fund has raised more than $330,000 and spent more than $200,000 to aid allies in the April 5 runoff election for City Council seats, according to a Chicago News Cooperative analysis of state campaign-finance disclosure records.
Emanuel’s New Chicago Committee has accepted large donations from many of the same titans of corporate Chicago who had helped him easily outspend rivals in last month’s race to succeed retiring Mayor Richard M. Daley."

The Chicago News Cooperative has more.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Will Rahm Emanuel flex his political muscles through his PAC?

"Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel is setting up his 'political arm' to elect aldermen, state legislators, maybe even congressmen who see things his way."

The Chicago Sun-Times has more here.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Rahm Emanuel wants more disclosure of campaign donors?

"Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel called on a secretly funded political group Thursday to disclose the names of donors behind its efforts to elect a pro-business, pro-Emanuel City Council."

The Chicago Tribune has this report.

"Emanuel PAC to elect others supporting his 'reform agenda'"

"Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel is setting up his 'political arm' to elect aldermen, state legislators, maybe even congressmen who see things his way."

The Chicago Sun Times has more here.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Breaking news: Rahm Wins

Chicago has a new mayor, and it is former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

Click on the following news outlets for more: The Atlantic, CNN, and AP.

Will Rahm Emanuel be Chicago's next mayor?

"The frontrunner to succeed retiring Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Emanuel endured jeers for his advice to U.S. presidents, sat through hours of cross-examination from lawyers and residents over his Chicago bona fides, and had at least one egg thrown at him."


Bloomberg has this report. 

Monday, February 21, 2011

Who is donating to Rahm Emanuel's mayoral campaign?

"But it may be more telling that less than half of the almost $12 million accepted by the Chicago for Rahm Emanuel committee has come from Chicago and almost 30 percent of that total originated out of state, according to the Chicago News Cooperative’s analysis of state campaign-finance disclosure records."

Chicago News Cooperative has this report.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

How strange is Rahm Emanuel's campaign for mayor of Chicago?

How strange is the campaign that has seen Rahm Emanuel kicked off and then put back on the ballot?

Perhaps stranger things have happened in Chicago.

The Chicago Tribune has this report.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Rahm Gets to Run

More on the Illinois Supreme Court's decision to allow Rahm Emanuel to appear on the Chicago mayoral ballot from the following news outlets:

NYT, LAT, Slate, MSNBC and Vanity Fair.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Who is giving to Rahm Emanuel's mayoral campaign?

The following is an excerpt from the article:

"Rahm Emanuel President Barack Obama's former chief of staff, raised $10.6 million through Jan. 19 for his bid to succeed Richard M. Daley as mayor of Chicago, with the help of Wall Street, LaSalle Street, Silicon Valley and Hollywood donors, campaign disclosure records show.

Click here for the entire article from Bloomberg.