Amanda Rivkin

Chicago Politics

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Democrat Barack Obama waves to his supporters in Grant Park, Chicago through bullet proof glass after winning the U.S. presidential election, defeating Republican John McCain, to become the 44th U.S. president on November 4, 2008. Obama gave his victory speech to a crowd of just over 200,000 supporters.
  
  
     
  
   
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Rahm Emanuel becomes the mayor of Chicago following nearly half a century of rule by the Daley family, father and son mayors Richard J. and Richard M. Daley, during his victory celebration at the Plumbers Union Hall on February 22, 2011.
  
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Citizens of the city of Chicago greet Mayor Rahm Emanuel in an open house in the mayor's office on the Fifth Floor of Chicago City Hall on May 16, 2011.
     
  
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Beleaguered Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich arrives in Springfield aboard the state airplane on his way to speak in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)
   
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Beleaguered Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich arrives outside the state capitol building in Springfield and greets the media on his way to speak in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)
   
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Beleaguered Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich prepares notes in his final act in the governor's office in Springfield before speaking in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. Blagojevich said he rarely sticks to his notes but uses them for support and back-up. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)
     
  
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Beleaguered Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in his final private moments in the governor's office before speaking in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. Blagojevich said he rarely sticks to his notes but uses them for support and back-up. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)
   
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich cleans out the bathroom adjacent to his office of several hair brushes after speaking in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)
   
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich boards the state plane one last time on his way home to Chicago after speaking in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)
     
  
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich boards the state plane one last time on his way home to Chicago after speaking in his own defense at his impeachment hearing at the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois on January 29, 2009. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)
   
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich leaves the Dirksen Federal Building with his wife Patti Blagojevich on June 27, 2011 after being found guilty of 17 counts of wire fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, extortion conspiracy and bribery conspiracy. He was acquitted on one charge of bribery, and the jury deadlocked on two counts of attempted extortion. (Credit: Amanda Rivkin for The New York Times)