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- Jesus Garcia accepts the endorsement of Willie Wilson (right) this morning at the Chicago Baptist Institute. At left is Reverend Greg Seal Livingston, who managed Wilson’s campaign.
At a south-side church this morning, Willie Wilson formally announced his endorsement of Jesus “Chuy” Garcia for mayor. As of this writing, Wilson has yet to rescind it.
Four days later, Wilson told CBS 2 Chicago he’d vote for Garcia, but possibly endorse Emanuel.
The other first-round candidate, Bill “Dock” Walls, did not pledge on the eve of the election to support Garcia in a runoff. But Walls told me this morning he’d had lunch with Garcia since then, and hadn’t met with the mayor. He said he’d make an endorsement soon. Walls received only 2.77 percent of the vote, but in 16 predominantly African-American wards he got between 4.59 percent and 6.99 percent. He noted that Wilson, a multimillion-dollar businessman who put $2 million of his own money into his campaign, “spent $40, $50 a vote,” whereas his votes had cost only about $3 each.
