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Preview of 2011 Municipal Elections
Recent polls say that a record low 31 percent want to see Mayor Daley re-elected. So will he, or won't he—run that is. Will we see a challenger to Da Mare? And who will fill out those City Council seats left vacant by retiring aldermen? Yesterday was the first day that mayoral and aldermanic candidates could collect signatures to get their names on the ballot. Gaper's Block political editor Ramsin Canon gives us a preview of 2011 municipal elections.