DEM FIORETTI THREW CASH AT GOPCampaign-finance records show mayoral candidate and his law firms gave thousands to Republicans

As the "red wave" of Republican victories swept over much of the country on election night last week, mayoral hopeful Bob Fioretti kept faith that red-scare tactics still work well in heavily Democratic Chicago.

"I think he's a good Republican, the mayor is," the 2nd Ward alderman told a crowd at The Hideout bar on the Near North Side, during a show hosted by the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky and Mick Dumke.

Fioretti hopes that slapping the GOP label on Rahm Emanuel will attract t...