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\n 22 February 2011<\/span>
\nLast updated at <\/span>15:42 ET<\/span>
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Chicago voters are heading to the polls to choose a new mayor in the most competitive city hall election in more than two decades.<\/p>\n

Rahm Emanuel, a former congressman and White House chief of staff, led in pre-election polling.<\/p>\n

But a strong showing by one of several other hopefuls could force a run-off between the top two candidates.<\/p>\n

The candidates are vying to replace Mayor Richard Daley, who has been in office since 1989 and is stepping down.<\/p>\n

“I think Daley’s done a lot of good things, but at the same time I just feel like the city right now, it’s kind of like a good old boy’s club,” Mark Arnold, 23, told the Associated Press. <\/p>\n

Katie Klabusich, 31, told the Chicago Tribune newspaper<\/a> she had previously backed Mr Daley, “but sometimes that was for lack of option. The choice today was about who was most equipped.”<\/p>\n

Race of ‘firsts’<\/span><\/p>\n

Pre-election polls showed Mr Emanuel well ahead of his challenges, who included former Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, City Clerk Miguel del Valle and longtime city official Gery Chico.<\/p>\n

Analysts say the major question of the election is whether Mr Emanuel can win 50% of the vote plus one in order to win the race outright on Tuesday, or whether one of his opponents can force a run-off election.<\/p>\n

Mr Chico told a told a local TV station on Monday he had geared his campaign toward coming in second behind Mr Emanuel and competing strongly in a potential run-off poll in April.<\/p>\n

Whoever wins, the new mayor will be a first: Mr Emanuel would be the first Jewish mayor, Ms Braun the first black woman and either Mr del Valle or Mr Chico the first Hispanic mayor.<\/p>\n

Mr Emanuel, who left the White House in October and returned to Chicago to run for mayor, considerably outspent his opponents but had to spend considerable time re-introducing himself to voters after years in Washington, analysts say.<\/p>\n

He survived a challenge to his residency last month after opponents charged his time in Washington serving as President Barack Obama’s chief of staff disqualified him from running for Chicago mayor.<\/p>\n

The next mayor will replace Richard Daley, who was first elected in 1989. His father, also named Richard Daley, was mayor from 1955 until his death in 1976.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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