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The 7th District congressman who easily won reelection Nov. 2nd received the backing of the recently created Chicago Coalition for Mayor Saturday after private meetings and much back and forth.
Carol Moseley Braun and Larry Rogers will meet with the coalition, which will then decide which candidate to back in the Feb. 22nd election.
Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun, Congressman Danny Davis, Rev. and Sen. James Meeks and Commissioner Larry Rogers will be interviewed again before the coalition decides which person to back in the Feb. 22, 2011, election to replace retiring Mayor Richard Daley.
The Chicago Coalition for Mayor is expected to meet privately later this week to discuss which candidate will win its endorsement. About a dozen black politicians and other community leaders are seeking the coalition’s support in their bid to replace Mayor Richard Daley.
The Chicago Coalition for Mayor says it will announce Tuesday which candidate it plans to back for mayor. Several black candidates seeking to replace retiring Mayor Richard Daley spoke at a forum Saturday held at Bethel AME Church on Chicago’s South Side, while white and Hispanic candidate weren’t allowed to make their pitches.
State Rep. Deborah Graham (D-Oak Park), who will be sworn in Friday morning as the next 29th Ward alderman, will help choose her replacement in the Illinois House. The four-term state representative will be one of seven elected Democratic Party officials who will interview and select who will represent the state’s 78th District, which includes some of the west suburbs and parts of Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, and be the Democratic nominee for that seat in the November general election. Graham’s replacement must be named 30 days from the date she steps down from the Illinois General Assembly. Having a successor in place will be important as lawmakers could be preparing to cast votes on critical matters such as the state budget and a possible tax hike. Graham is participating in the process as the committeeman from the 29th Ward.