A Look at Miguel del Valle, a Regular Chicago Guy Who Wants to Be Mayor--Chicago Magazine
From Chicago Magazine, 2.2.2011
Miguel del Valle doesn’t have much money—peanuts compared to Rahm Emanuel and Gery Chico, and way less even than Patricia Watkins and Carol Moseley Braun.
When I asked him yesterday afternoon if there would be runoff on February 22nd, he answered, “My guess is Rahm is going to buy one of the spots; as for the second, I hope I’m that person.”
Were del Valle to win—he hit seven percent in the last poll—it would count as one of the upsets of any election anywhere. Should the inevitable occur and he’s out on the 22nd—the former state Senator (20 years in Springfield and the first Latino in the Illinois General Assembly) and the current City Clerk (the first Latino there, too)—will surely pop up soon in another election. He is the preferred candidate of progressives, winning endorsements from the likes of Quentin Young and Tom Geoghegan.
Our Tuesday conversation focused first on politics, but then on his four children and his wife.
CF: I watched you debate Emanuel, Chico, and Moseley Braun Thursday night at the WGN-TV studios. Looking back, which of your responses do you think most resonated with voters?
MdV: People were telling my campaign staff that they agreed with me when I described the oppressive climate in the city—people feeling that they are being hit hard with tickets. Boot on cars after two tickets, red light cameras