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With the shocking announcement that Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley will not run for reelection this year, the political scene in Chicago erupted into chaos after being dominated by the Daley machine since 1989. A man of nearly unlimited power in Chicago, Daley has not had a serious opponent in years. With this changing of the guards, the 'Daley' routine has ended and Chicago is wide open for a new power to lay siege to it. Soon after his announcement, a field of eighteen candidates flooded the election office with their forms and signatures in order to be on the ballot come election day. Some have already fallen to the way side like former Illinois Senator Roland Burris (D-IL) and US Representative Danny Davis, but the race is far from over. Chicago earned its nick name as the Windy City, not because of the Winds that blow across Lake Michigan, but because in Chicago politics, nothing is ever as it seems.
