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Nine percent of the vote wasn’t near enough to make Miguel del Valle the next Mayor of Chicago but he says he’s not going away anytime soon.

Updated at 10:20 p.m.  It appears that state Rep. Susana Mendoza will replace mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle as the next city clerk of Chicago.

The 2011 Chicago municipal election is two weeks away. Tuesday, Eight Forty-Eight begins its one-on-one conversations with the candidates for mayor.

 Miguel Del ValleNow that the election is less than a month away, here’s something to consider: For just a half sec, set aside what all four major candidates are saying, and imagine each one individually calling a City Council meeting to order.

Chicago mayoral hopeful Miguel del Valle has decent name recognition after serving four years as city clerk and, earlier, two decades as an Illinois state senator. He’s winning support in the race from some progressive activists.But he’s got a problem closer to home.

A skirmish is breaking out between the only Puerto Ricans among 20 candidates for Chicago mayor. Rev.