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Jesus Garcia Loses Chicago Mayoral Election to Obama's Mayor, Rahm Emanuel
The Real News Network
08 Apr 2015
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by the Real News Network

Chicago mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia rode a wave of public outrage against Mayor Rahm Emanuel, but fell short in Tuesday's election. BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon explains that the black political class, Democrats all from the president down lined up with Emanuel for privatization, austerity and worse.

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