It's quite a list - Haim Saban and his wife wrote two checks of $110,000 each, David Geffen ($100,000), Steven Spielberg ($75,000) and Eli Broad ($25,000). Other locals include Jeffrey Katzenberg, Terry Semel, Garth Ancier and agent John Fogelman. Emanuel is the odds-on favorite to become mayor of Chicago, though at this point a runoff would still be needed, according a Chicago Tribune-WGN-TV poll released Thursday. (HuffPost)
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