Latino mayoral candidates could split Chicago vote

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press
Posted: 01/11/2011 02:07:14 PM PST


CHICAGO—In a city with a long history of voting along ethnic lines, the two prominent Latinos running for Chicago mayor don't see a reason to unify around a consensus candidate as several African-Americans who once eyed the job have done.
Gery Chico and Miguel del Valle don't even see themselves as direct rivals—reflecting the fractured nature of the city's Hispanic population and their different approaches in a campaign that has a chance of producing Chicago's first Latino mayor. How strongly they run could have a big impact on a tough race with two more widely known candidates, former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun.

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