With speculation swirling around who will be Chicago’s next mayor and the public’s eye already fixed on the possibility of a Rahm Emmanual run, pollsters are already asking which horse people plant to bet on. We Ask America found 40+ candidates mentioned in reports on potential Daley replacements, narrowed that number to ten and asked more than 2,300 people who their top choice was. [Ed's note: I was one of the "lucky" recipients of the call and it had a D.C. area code. Boring. - M.G.] more ›

Yesterday, we told you about the polling website Next Chicago Mayor. The responses - both serious and joking - came rolling in. As of this morning, our own Tankboy actually leads Patrick Fitzgerald and Mayor Daley. So what was the real purpose of the site? Who's behind it? We emailed the anonymous creator of the site to find out a few more details. more ›

Was it an over-eager desire to do our civic duty? Was it a whim? Or did we just want to check out what was inside the building in Welles Park? Who cares - our primary voting is done! more ›