-By Warner Todd Huston
It’s a veritable cornucopia of candidates for the 2011 race for Chicago Mayor. From the infamous, to the locally well known to the completely obscure (so obscure I can’t even find any info out about them), these are the 20 folks that filed to run for mayor. And where known I added their website.
Carol Moseley Braun – Former U.S. Senator, Hyde Park resident
http://carolforchicago.com
Gery J. Chico – Former President of the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Public Schools, Downtown Chicago (Loop)
www.gerychicoformayor.com
Danny K. Davis – Current U.S. Representative 7th District, Austin Neighborhood
http://dannykdavis.com/
Wilfredo De Jesus – Senior Pastor of New Life Covenant Church in Humboldt Park, Logan Square
www.dejesusformayor.com
Miguel Del Valle – Chicago City Clerk, Belmont
www.delvalleformayor.com
Rahm Emanuel – Former U.S. Representative 5th District, West Town, White House Chief of Staff
www.chicagoforrahm.com
Ryan Graves – Engineer with the Dept. of Water Management, Lakeview
www.gravesformayor.com
John Hu – Real estate broker, Rush and Division
http://citizenmayor.net/index.html
M. Tricia Lee – Children’s book author, business consultant, Archer Heights
www.mtricialeeformayor.citymax.com
James T. Meeks – Current Illinois State Senator 15th District, West Pullman
www.jamesmeeksformayor.com
Jay Stone – Hypnotherapist, West Ridge
http://stoneformayor.com
William Walls III – Community Activist, former aide to Mayor Harold Washington, Galewood
http://wallsformayor.com
Patricia Van Pelt Watkins – Community Activist, CEO of Target Area Development Corp., E. Garfield Park
www.patriciaforchicago.com
Fredrick K. White – City Employee, Logan Square
www.fredrick-k-white.com
Roland W. Burris – Chatham, Former Senator
Tyrone Carter – Austin, Music Producer, Author
Rob Halpin – Businessman (famous for being the tenant living in Rahm Emanuel’s house), Lakeview
Tommy Hanson – Real estate broker, River North
Fenton C. Patterson – ??, Englewood
Howard Ray – ??, Humbolt Park
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“The only end of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.”
–Samuel Johnson
Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, StoptheACLU.com, AmericanDaily.com, among many, many others. Mr. Huston is also endlessly amused that one of his articles formed the basis of an article in Germany’s Der Spiegel Magazine in 2008.
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