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(Ballot Box)– President Bill Clinton’s rally for Rahm Emanuel could cost the mayoral candidate black votes, according to Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.).
Davis, who dropped out of the race for mayor and endorsed former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.) earlier this month, said Emanuel is beginning to lose his grip on the contest and that the controversial Clinton rally wouldn’t help.
“I think there will be lots of conversation in the African American community about his presence,” Davis told The Hill. “It could motivate a greater sense of urgency for people who support Carol Moseley Braun.”
Both Davis and Moseley Braun have warned that Clinton’s presence is likely to be seen by voters in the black community as needlessly interfering in a race that could elect the city’s first black mayor in years.
Clinton was once described as the nation’s first black president because of the tremendous support he received from black voters. After leaving the White House, he chose Harlem as the site for his personal office.
