Mayor Daley’s announcement that he wouldn’t seek a seventh term rocked the city to its foundation. But almost immediately after Daley uttered the words that would lead to the first truly open mayoral election in a generation, speculation began as to who would run and who would drop out. And then Rahm Emanuel moved back to Chicago and rendered all that moot within a few weeks with a campaign that could have been lifted directly from Daley’s playbook. more ›

We told you yesterday about the petition challenges filed for the 2010 February primaries. The deadline for the ballots to be printed is December 14 so the Cook County Clerk’s office has a lot of work to do. As for how the process actually works, Chicago Current's Alex Parker gives us a quick overview of how it all goes down. more ›