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No ‘Rahmbo,’ But Illinois House Special Favorite is Ready
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| Last Edited | COSDem Mar 29, 2009 01:16pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, March 26, 2009 07:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Mike Quigley, the Chicago Democrat who is a clear favorite in the April 7 special election in Illinois, is a self-described “policy wonk.”
In fact, the veteran Cook County commissioner has nowhere near the high profile of the man he is running to succeed in the 5th Congressional District: Rahm Emanuel, who vacated the seat to become President Obama’s chief of staff.
The 50-year-old Quigley is good-humored about the contrast between his mild and soft-spoken demeanor and Emanuel’s image as a political in-fighter so tough that it earned him the nickname “Rahmbo.”
“People have been asking me all day if I have any clever nicknames, like Rahm does. I guess, ‘The Quiginator?’” Quigley quipped during a recent Washington trip to raise money and get acquainted with Democratic members of Congress and party officials.
Quigley is running against conservative Republican Rosanna Pulido, an activist opponent of illegal immigration, and liberal Green Party nominee Matt Reichel, an anti-war activist. But given the strong pro-Democratic proclivities of voters in the North Side district, Quigley’s election was all but assured when he outran 11 Democratic rivals in a special primary election held March 3.
Obama, a fellow Chicagoan from the city’s South Side, took 73 percent of the 5th District vote as the 2008 Democratic nominee for president, according to a CQ Politics analysis. Emanuel won 74 percent in his House race on the same ballot.
Though a familiar face on the local political scene, Quigley is little known outside of Chicago and Cook County. If, as expected, he wins, he will inherit a seat with a rich — and checkered — history of well-known representatives. |
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