CNN projects Rahm wins Chicago mayoral election, without runoff!

[jefferson_dem]

CNN projects former Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has won the Chicago mayoral election, topping 50% threshold and avoiding runoff.

http://twitter.com/stevebruskCNN/statuses/40225857343586304

[argonaut]

1. Glad to see Braun destroyed.

That woman needs to go away. Congrats to Rahmbo.

[liskddksil]

2. Congrats to the Ed Deformers of Chicago - hope you're schools have better luck than NY

[AtomicKitten]

3. Congratulations to Chicago's new mayor. nt

[vaberella]

4. Really? Wow. n/t

[craigmatic]

5. so our party is so strong in CHI that all they have to do is win a primary? Sweet

[ieoeja]

10. Chicago does not have party primaries for city elections.

A multitude of Democrats and very rare Republicans run in a single election. If one gets 50%+1, they win. If not, the top two winners, usually both Democrats, go against each other in a runoff election 6 weeks later.

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Yahoo!

Voted for my man Rahm this morning.

Haters gonna hate, but too bad for them!

:-)

[appleannie1]

7. Our local news said a clear win by 55%

[impik]

8. Bad day for the professional left

[Phx_Dem]

9. Congratulations to Rahm on his huge win!!

:party:

[ej510]

11. This is bad for black people and government contracts.

[JI7]

12. so why did most of the black voters vote for him ?