Chicago mayor could set record in office - Yahoo! News

Chicago mayor could set record in office - Yahoo! News: "CHICAGO - Poised to surpass the tenure of his legendary father and become Chicago's longest-serving mayor, Richard M. Daley said he's not obsessing about his legacy. 'Once you start worrying about legacies, you start making decisions to make your legacy,' Daley said after trouncing two little-known challengers to win a sixth term Tuesday. 'You get too caught up in this, 'I have to write a book, I'm worried about my legacy, I'm worried about maybe a movie, a documentary.' I think it's not worth it.' Shaking off questions about a City Hall corruption scandal, Daley coasted to victory in the nonpartisan election over Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown and William 'Dock' Walls, an aide to the late Mayor Harold Washington. With 96 percent of precincts reporting early Wednesday, Daley had 311,417 votes, or 71 percent of the total, while Brown had 86,964 votes, or 20 percent, and Walls had 38,012, or 9 percent. 'I think my dad would be very proud,' Daley said. Daley will have served 22 years as mayor at the end of this latest term. His father, Richard J. Daley, died in office after serving 21 years. Daley's opponents tried to make an issue of corruption and a federal investigation that began with bribes paid to city officials for trucking work and expanded to city hiring practices. The 64-year-old Daley, who was first elected in 1989, has not been accused of wrongdoing."