Chicago bid for Rep. Gutierrez could be loss for immigration
Chicago bid for Rep. Gutierrez could be loss for immigration push
By Russell Berman - 09/11/10 10:03 PM ET
While Chicago supporters of Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) are pushing him to run for mayor, immigration advocates in Washington are less enthusiastic about seeing one of their leading champions leave the Capitol.
Now in his ninth term, Gutierrez is considering whether to join a wide-open field of contenders for Chicago’s top job after longtime Mayor Richard Daley announced this week he would not seek re-election.
A winning bid by Gutierrez would be an unmistakable loss for the immigration reform movement in Congress, where he has been the most forceful advocate and at times a singular voice for a cause whose political viability has teetered in recent years.
“There’s no one that delivers the punch the way Luis Gutierrez does,â€
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“There’s no one that delivers the punch the way Luis Gutierrez does,â€