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Kinda hilarious.
He goes thru all this - leaves his big whig job with Obama - only to be told 'no go'.
Dude must have taken campaign advice from Wyclef Jean.
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January 24, 2011<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 17pt">
Court Says Emanuel Is Not Eligible to Run for Chicago Mayor</span></span>
By MONICA DAVEY
CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals court panel has ruled that Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, does not qualify to run for mayor of Chicago in next month’s election.
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The ruling, which was announced on Monday, comes as a significant and unexpected setback for Mr. Emanuel, who has been a front-runner both in polls and in fundraising in the race to replace Richard M. Daley, the city’s longest serving mayor, who will retire this spring.</span>
The question of Mr. Emanuel’s residency — and whether he had lived in Chicago long enough to appear on the city’s ballot — had been a matter of debate since Mr. Emanuel departed the White House last fall to run for mayor.
Mr. Emanuel contended that he had always maintained a home in Chicago, the city where he was born, and that his time at the White House was a matter of national service. But Mr. Emanuel’s opponents said that Mr. Emanuel did not meet the state’s residency requirements to run for a mayoralty, one of which is to have lived in the city for a year before the day of the election. His return to Chicago in the fall, they argued, was too late to qualify for a Feb. 22 ballot.
The Chicago Board of Elections concurred with Mr. Emanuel, as had a Cook County trial judge. But a three-judge panel of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled against him, 2 to 1. With time running short and ballot arrangements already being finalized, the issues seemed certain to go to the state Supreme Court.
Mr. Emanuel, who is competing against five other candidates, has raised more than $10 million — significantly more than any of the other candidates. (His closest competitor on a financial front is Gery Chico, a former chief of staff to Mayor Daley, who has raised about $2.5 million.)
Last week, a Chicago Tribune/WGN television poll showed Mr. Emanuel well ahead of the others, with 44 percent of those polled. (The closest competitor was Carol Moseley Braun, the first female African American member of the United States Senate, who held 21 percent of those polled.)
The Illinois Supreme Court may choose to hear — or not to hear — the case. As of Monday midday, the court had received no appeal. The court is made up of seven justices who are elected, then retained every 10 years.
In the appellate court’s 42-page ruling, Judges Shelvin Louise Marie Hall and Thomas E. Hoffman decided against Mr. Emanuel. They concluded that Mr. Emanuel did not meet the state’s municipal code requirement that he had “resided in” Chicago for a year before the election, and that his service at the White House did not constitute “any exception to the requirement.”
Bertina Lampkin was the lone member of the appellate panel to say Mr. Emanuel should stay on the ballot. She agreed with earlier findings — before the Chicago Board of Elections and in the lower court — that Mr. Emanuel had not given up his legal residency by living in Washington.
It was uncertain how Monday’s decision might now upend the mayor’s race. Some analysts said they believed Mr. Chico might be the largest beneficiary — if the decision stands.
Mr. Chico’s campaign quickly issued a statement saying that the decision would not change much.
“Today’s news is a surprise but it will not impact how we run our campaign,” according to Brooke Anderson, his spokeswoman. “Gery will continue to work for every vote and lay out his plans to take Chicago in a whole new direction.”
He goes thru all this - leaves his big whig job with Obama - only to be told 'no go'.
Dude must have taken campaign advice from Wyclef Jean.
_______
January 24, 2011<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 17pt">
Court Says Emanuel Is Not Eligible to Run for Chicago Mayor</span></span>
By MONICA DAVEY
CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals court panel has ruled that Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, does not qualify to run for mayor of Chicago in next month’s election.
<span style="color: #FF0000">
The ruling, which was announced on Monday, comes as a significant and unexpected setback for Mr. Emanuel, who has been a front-runner both in polls and in fundraising in the race to replace Richard M. Daley, the city’s longest serving mayor, who will retire this spring.</span>
The question of Mr. Emanuel’s residency — and whether he had lived in Chicago long enough to appear on the city’s ballot — had been a matter of debate since Mr. Emanuel departed the White House last fall to run for mayor.
Mr. Emanuel contended that he had always maintained a home in Chicago, the city where he was born, and that his time at the White House was a matter of national service. But Mr. Emanuel’s opponents said that Mr. Emanuel did not meet the state’s residency requirements to run for a mayoralty, one of which is to have lived in the city for a year before the day of the election. His return to Chicago in the fall, they argued, was too late to qualify for a Feb. 22 ballot.
The Chicago Board of Elections concurred with Mr. Emanuel, as had a Cook County trial judge. But a three-judge panel of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled against him, 2 to 1. With time running short and ballot arrangements already being finalized, the issues seemed certain to go to the state Supreme Court.
Mr. Emanuel, who is competing against five other candidates, has raised more than $10 million — significantly more than any of the other candidates. (His closest competitor on a financial front is Gery Chico, a former chief of staff to Mayor Daley, who has raised about $2.5 million.)
Last week, a Chicago Tribune/WGN television poll showed Mr. Emanuel well ahead of the others, with 44 percent of those polled. (The closest competitor was Carol Moseley Braun, the first female African American member of the United States Senate, who held 21 percent of those polled.)
The Illinois Supreme Court may choose to hear — or not to hear — the case. As of Monday midday, the court had received no appeal. The court is made up of seven justices who are elected, then retained every 10 years.
In the appellate court’s 42-page ruling, Judges Shelvin Louise Marie Hall and Thomas E. Hoffman decided against Mr. Emanuel. They concluded that Mr. Emanuel did not meet the state’s municipal code requirement that he had “resided in” Chicago for a year before the election, and that his service at the White House did not constitute “any exception to the requirement.”
Bertina Lampkin was the lone member of the appellate panel to say Mr. Emanuel should stay on the ballot. She agreed with earlier findings — before the Chicago Board of Elections and in the lower court — that Mr. Emanuel had not given up his legal residency by living in Washington.
It was uncertain how Monday’s decision might now upend the mayor’s race. Some analysts said they believed Mr. Chico might be the largest beneficiary — if the decision stands.
Mr. Chico’s campaign quickly issued a statement saying that the decision would not change much.
“Today’s news is a surprise but it will not impact how we run our campaign,” according to Brooke Anderson, his spokeswoman. “Gery will continue to work for every vote and lay out his plans to take Chicago in a whole new direction.”
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