Rahm Emanuel Runs for Mayor of Chicago

Rahm Emanual
Callie Shell for TIME

Rahm on the Trail
Armed with a national profile, a prodigious Rolodex and powerful fundraising skills, not to mention the reflected glow of his previous job as Chief of Staff to President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel has placed himself at the front of the pack in the race to become Chicago's next mayor.

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