CHICAGO, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Longtime Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley Tuesday shocked political observers by saying he will not seek reelection to a seventh term.
Daley, 68, son of late Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, was elected in April 1989. He said he would not be a candidate when his current term ends in 2011, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday.
"The truth is I have been thinking about this for the past several months," Daley said at a City Hall news conference. "In the end this is a personal decision, no more, no less".
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