Mayoral race grows

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Page #8
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2010
Chicago Tribune
Two prominent African-American elected officials launched their candidacies for Chicago mayor wthin hours of each other Sunday despite weeks of behind-the-scenes wrangling by some black leaders to unite behind a single candidate. Veteran West Side U.S. Rep. Danny Davis and state Sen. James Meeks, who is pastor of a massive South Side church, each declared at rallies they would represent all areas of the city if elected. Some black aldermen, ministers ans businessmen had sought to select a "consensus" candidate in an attempt to unify African-Americans behind a single candidate. Davis was chosen over Meeks and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun,who also is planning to run. Former Chicago Board of Education President Gery Chico and City Clerk Miguel del Valle also are prepping mayoral bids.
In my opinion, Davis has more experience and would be better for Chicago. Meeks might be good but he doesn’t have government experience. If we have five candidates, each one might get twenty percent of votes. This would be a bad situation because no one would win the election. The candidates has the largest percent would run in another election.