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eyebrows here at city hall. some aldermen think he should run and alexi ginnaoulias is willing to listen. >> it is politics, anything is possible i imagine, like i said i was surprised when i heard the news. we'll have to wait and see what is happening with the people involved. >> nothing surprises me. i have been here 24 years. >> how will it change? >> and support rahm emanuel and work hard to get him elected. >> crane and the sun times say that they are not crazy about the idea of working with rahm emanuel. it is looking for someone who will be a threat to the exwhite house chief ...

>> reporter: we're trying to keep an eye on it. there's a lot of watch. if the candidates for governor want to push for exact numbers, they're going to get them apparently but it's going to take some time. this race is easily 30 days away from being decided. >> i believe we have won. >> it's important that we let this process move forward in an organized way. >> reporter: two men vying for the state's top job one day after the election. what stands between them other than their idealologies? votes. almost 10,000 of them. >> normally you wouldn't see this because candidates have a big...

where the counting continues. >> reporter: well, i just spoke with the lead council for -- counsel for the republican party and he claims the illinois governor's race is definitely not over. despite the odds ofs quinn lead widening more with the absentee balloting underway here at the county building, the brady campaign has no plans to throw in the towel. absentee ballots are still coming in to the cook county election board where workers will spend another day processing and sorting. another 900 ballots arrived yesterday. with about 15,000 envelopes to verify, it may be another 24 h...

voters here in the city. but republican mark kirk likes his chances. kirk's people say they moved ahead in the race. most recent poll shows the congressman has a three to four point edge. traditional strong holds like chicago's collar counties and downstate illinois are expected to turn out for the gop. it could very well boil down to independent voters deciding who will sit in barack obama's old senate seat. >> i think there is a growing wave of independents that want thoughtful independent leadership. and someone who won't rubber stamp everything that nancy pelosi wants to do. >> r...

assault. his name is billy curl and he's 34 years old. he's a longtime resident of deb-- dekalb. this is the place where badly burned human remains were discovered october 16. police were led to him because he was in and out of that wooded park quite a bit. they tracked him to mexico. curl fled illinois on october 23 police say but came back to the states, louisiana to be specific. days later and was then taken into custody on tuesday night by u.s. marshals. the chief of police will not say exactly what happened to toni keller but curl and his victim did not know each other. he calle...