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Old Posted Dec 29, 2014, 10:44 PM
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and then there were 8....

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Former Ald. Robert Shaw ended his mayoral campaign and threw his support behind entrepreneur Willie Wilson. The 77-year-old Shaw said he decided to back Wilson because of his business experience and to help unify African-American support.

"Splitting that vote isn't in the best interest of the city of Chicago," Shaw said.

Wilson, the wealthy CEO of a medical supply company, has contributed $150,000 to his campaign but has not reported raising any other money, according to state campaign finance records.
full article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...229-story.html


here's how the candidate list currently stands:

Rahm Emanuel (incumbent) - website
Jesus “Chuy” Garcia - website
Bob Fioretti - website
William "Dock" Walls - website
Frederick Collins - website
Willie Wilson - website
Gerald Sconyers - website
Fenton C. Patterson - can't find a website


dropped out:

Robert Shaw
Amara Enyia
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