Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia concedes defeat to Rahm Emanuel in Chicago mayoral race

Rahm Emanuel.
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With nearly 80 percent of precincts reporting, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia called Mayor Rahm Emanuel to concede defeat in the Chicago mayoral race. At the time of Garcia's call, Emanuel had 55.8 percent of the unofficial vote to 44.2 percent for Garcia, The Chicago Tribune reports. Though the race started off close, Emanuel, the former White House aide to Presidents Clinton and Obama, opened up a double-digit lead over Garcia in the closing weeks of the campaign.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.