Chicago mayor candidates wrap up campaigns

February 21, 2011 at 4:15p.m.

CHICAGO (AP) — Two of former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel’s rivals for the Chicago mayor job predict they will get enough votes to force a runoff with him.

The six candidates on Tuesday’s ballot to replace retiring Mayor Richard Daley began wrapping up their campaigns today.

Former Chicago schools president Gery Chico and former U.S. Sen Carol Moseley Braun predict they will get enough votes to force a two-person runoff with Emanuel in April. The fourth major candidate, City Clerk Miguel del Valle, says a runoff would give voters more time to decide.

There will be a runoff between the top two candidates unless someone gets more than 50 percent of the vote Tuesday.

Polls show Emanuel well ahead.