The following five candidates will appear on the February 22 ballot as of January 24, 2011:
Gery Chico, former chief of staff to Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, former president of the Board of Trustees of the Chicago Public Schools, former president of the Board of Commissioners of the Chicago Park District, former chairman of the City Colleges of Chicago
Miguel del Valle, City Clerk of Chicago and former Illinois State Senator
Carol Moseley Braun, former U.S. Senator from Illinois, former U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, former Cook County Recorder of Deeds, former member of the Illinois House of Representatives
Patricia Van Pelt Watkins, non-profit administrator and activist
William "Dock" Walls III, community activist and former aide to Mayor Harold Washington
One candidate has been removed from the ballot by the Illinois Appellate Court pending appeal:
Rahm Emanuel, former White House Chief of Staff and former U.S. Representative from Illinois's 5th district
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CHICAGO, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel is still shy of the majority he would need to win next month's mayoral election in Chicago, a poll indicates.
A Chicago Tribune/WGN poll released Friday indicated 44 percent of likely voters said they would support Emanuel in the Feb. 22 election, leaving him 6 percentage points shy of the 50 percent needed to avoid an April run-off.
While Emanuel and his nearest opponent, Carole Moseley Braun, are known to voters equally, 59 percent say they have a favorable opinion of Emanuel while 39 percent hold a favorable opinion of Braun, The New York Times reported.
Two other mayoral candidates, former school board President Gery Chico and City Clerk Miguel del Valle, are unknown to 34 percent and 40 percent of voters, respectively.
The poll of 708 likely Chicago voters was conducted by telephone Jan. 15-19 by Market Shares Corp. The margin error is 4 percentage points.
Emanuel has reported raising $11.7 million in three months, with contributions coming from Chicago's business community, Hollywood notables and out-of-state donors -- for which he's been criticized, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Chico, favored by Chicago's police union and Alderman Edward M. Burke is second behind Emanuel in the amount of money amassed for the mayoral race.
As of Dec. 31, the partner in the legal firm of Chico & Nunes reported collecting $2.5 million.
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