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This is the 3rd time I've had to do a political earthquake thread in IL within a year and I'm tired folks! Anyway, let's play out some #ChicagoMayor stuff. First, Rahm's coalition is hard to repeat and win w/ Lightfoot in the race. There's always been some suspicion that she 1/
would have a hard time getting Af Am vote, but that's anecdotal evidence, not real data. I think she'll be just fine. However, that's assuming there are no other credible Af Am candidates. That probably changes now because running for Chicago Mayor is also a path to getting 2/
your name ID up there for an eventual 2020 congressional run. You have to assume Summers gets into this race. In my mind, the 800 lb gorilla is Lisa Madigan. She's got a couple million dollars on hand and a strong profile. She'd be an instant front runner and put Lightfoot in 3/
