2011 Chicago mayoral election
The city of Chicago, Illinois held a nonpartisan mayoral election on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Incumbent Mayor Richard Michael Daley, a member of the Democratic Party who had been in office since 1989, did not seek a seventh term as mayor. This was the first non-special election since 1947 in which an incumbent mayor of Chicago did not seek reelection.
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Rahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician and diplomat currently serving as United States ambassador to Japan. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for three terms from 2003 to 2009. He was the White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010 under Barack Obama and served as mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019.
Official portrait, 2022
Emanuel with President Bill Clinton in 1993
Rep. John Dingell and Rep. Emanuel celebrate Paczki Day, February 28, 2006
Rep. Emanuel speaking at St. Hyacinth Basilica in Chicago's Polish Village