Clinton Won’t Meet Embattled Mayor Emanuel in Chicago Visit

Bernie Sanders has made Clinton's ties to the mayor an issue ahead of the Illinois primary.

Rahm Emanuel speaks with Hillary Clinton as they attend a United Nations Security Council meeting at UN Headquarters in New York on Sept. 24, 2009.
Photographer: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images

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By Jennifer Epstein

March 14, 2016 at 5:22 AM UTC

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Bernie Sanders has tried to make the presidential primary vote in and around Chicago into a referendum on Mayor Rahm Emanuel, but Hillary Clinton won’t be giving him more ammunition when she visits the city on Monday.

The Democratic presidential candidate and the former Clinton and Obama White House aide aren’t expected to see each other while she’s in town, Emanuel’s office said Sunday. Clinton often meets with, or is introduced by, mayors or other elected officials who have endorsed her as she campaigns across the country.