Chicago Adult Entertainment: Many players in mix to replace Daley

He also came up in the investigation of ex- Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s conduct in filling the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Emanuel, who served as Obama’s point person on the Senate seat, was heard on several undercover federal recordings talking about possible Senate picks with Blagojevich and the then-governor’s chief of staff before the two were arrested. Emanuel was not accused of any wrongdoing in either investigation.
Tom Dart, 42, Cook County sheriff
Helped run Daley’s re-election bid in 1999 and was a coordinator for Barack Obama’s unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 2000. A former Cook County prosecutor and 10-year state representative, he lost the 2002 general election for state treasurer. In 2006, he ran to fill the seat of his longtime political benefactor, retiring Sheriff Michael Sheahan.
Dart has bolstered his political profile with some national headlines as sheriff, first by suspending all foreclosure evictions in the wake of the national banking scandal and then by filing a high-profile lawsuit against Craigslist claiming its adult services ads were a conduit for prostitution.

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