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Court: Rahm Emanuel Can Run for Mayor

State's high court keeps him on the ballot in Chicago

(Newser) - The Illinois Supreme Court put Rahm Emanuel back on the ballot for Chicago mayor today, reviving his campaign to lead the country's third-largest city. In the unanimous ruling, the justices called the appeals court's basis for deciding that Emanuel could not be on the ballot "without any foundation in...

Rahm Emanuel Back on Ballot &mdash;for Now
 Rahm Emanuel Back on Ballot 
 —for Now 
UPDATED
Jan 25, 2011 1:51 PM CST

Rahm Emanuel Back on Ballot —for Now

State Supreme Court agrees to hear his appeal

(Newser) - Good news for Rahm Emanuel in the Chicago mayor's race: The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear his appeal of a ruling that booted him off the ballot—and it ordered election officials to stop printing ballots without his name on them, reports the Chicago Tribune . The court promised...

Rahm: 'We Will Prevail'
 Rahm: 'We Will Prevail' 
Jan 25, 2011 5:00 AM CST

Rahm: 'We Will Prevail'

But court defeat has invigorated Emanuel's opponents

(Newser) - For someone who just got kicked off the Chicago mayoral ballot , Rahm Emanuel is sounding pretty optimistic, saying that despite the setback, he's confident of winning his appeal in the state's highest court. "I have no doubt that in the end we will prevail in this effort," Emanuel...

Court Kicks Rahm Out of Mayor's Race

Appeals court says he doesn't meet residency requirement

(Newser) - An Illinois appeals court struck Rahm Emanuel's name from Chicago’s mayoral ballot today, according to the Chicago Sun-Times . In a 2-1 ruling, the court declared that Emanuel hadn’t met the residency requirements to run. “We order that the candidate’s name be excluded (or if necessary, be...

Carol Moseley Braun, Rep. Danny Davis Tell Bill Clinton Not to Campaign for Rahm Emanuel in Chicago Mayor's Race
Moseley Braun Also Tells
Bill Clinton to Butt Out
chicago mayor's race
Dec 29, 2010 1:04 PM CST

Moseley Braun Also Tells Bill Clinton to Butt Out

She and Rep. Danny Davis don't want him helping Rahm Emanuel

(Newser) - Things continue to get nice and contentious in the Chicago mayor's race: Today, mayoral hopeful Carol Moseley Braun added her own stern warning to Bill Clinton not to campaign for his old pal Rahm Emanuel. The former senator says Clinton will risk his relations with the black community if he...

Chicago Election Board: Rahm Can Run for Mayor

But Emanuel's legal battle could drag on for weeks

(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel won a big battle in his bid to be Chicago's mayor today, as the city's election commissioners voted to keep him on the February 22nd ballot, the Chicago Tribune reports. Some of Emanuel's opponents tried to make the case he's not a legal resident—given that he'd been...

Rahm Not Eligible for Mayor Job: Lawsuit

Meanwhile, Emanuel's tenant decides to run against him

(Newser) - Two pieces of bad news for Rahm Emanuel: One, his stubborn tenant is, in fact, running for Chicago mayor against him. Two, the fact that he’s running brings attention to the belief that Emanuel isn’t a Chicago resident—which is exactly what two residents charge in a lawsuit...

Rahm's Renter Weighs a Run Against Him

GOP tries to recruit Emanuel's stubborn tenant Rob Halpin

(Newser) - Remember Rob Halpin , the guy who won’t let Rahm Emanuel move back into his Chicago home? Well, he’s considering running for mayor against his landlord, John Kass of the Chicago Tribune reports. “This was not my idea,” Halpin tells Kass. “I was approached by some...

Why I Loved Dealing With Rahm Emanuel
Why I Loved Dealing
With Rahm Emanuel
David Brooks
Oct 5, 2010 1:08 PM CDT

Why I Loved Dealing With Rahm Emanuel

David Brooks: His reputation as a hothead is 'vastly overstated'

(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel's larger-than-life caricature as a hot-headed politician prone to throwing temper tantrums and lobbing F-bombs is "vastly overstated," writes David Brooks. Emanuel is actually quite thick-skinned, and while he is a "professional strategist" for sure, "he is not one of these cold-eyed tacticians who is...

Rahm Jumps Into Rough Mayoral Race

Opponents waste no time throwing elbows

(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel officially announced his run for mayor of Chicago yesterday with this YouTube video, staring into the camera and promising to make a “Tell It Like It Is” tour around the city’s neighborhoods. “I want to hear from you in blunt terms,” Emanuel said. And...

Rahm Emanuel Announces Exit
 Rahm Emanuel Announces Exit 
Oct 1, 2010 11:16 AM CDT

Rahm Emanuel Announces Exit

Obama makes his chief of staff's exit official

(Newser) - President Barack Obama said a bittersweet goodbye today to the energetic and fierce manager of his White House, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and elevated a quiet and seasoned adviser, Pete Rouse, to the most important gate-keeping job in American politics. "We could not have accomplished what we've accomplished...

Meet Pete Rouse, Obama's New Chief of Staff

He's a longtime aide and much more low-key than Rahm Emanuel

(Newser) - So who is this Pete Rouse, the man expected to step into Rahm Emanuel's shoes tomorrow? The president's senior aide is a longtime one and not unfamiliar with serving as his chief of staff—Rouse was hired in that job when then-Sen. Obama first arrived in Washington, reports the New ...

Rahm Emanuel to Quit Tomorrow; Pete Rouse In

Obama to announce chief of staff shuffle tomorrow

(Newser) - Washington's worst-kept secret is that much closer to being official: The AP quotes two anonymous sources saying that Rahm Emanuel will resign tomorrow to run for mayor of Chicago. President Obama will give him a White House sendoff and announce that senior adviser Pete Rouse will permanently replace him as...

Renter Won't Give Up Rahm's Chicago Home

Rob Halpin won't even allow Emanuel to crash in the basement

(Newser) - As White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel is one powerful hombre—but he’s apparently powerless in the face of Rob Halpin, the guy renting his house in Chicago. Halpin re-signed the lease to the place on Sept. 1—just six days before Mayor Richard Daley announced he would...

Rahm May Announce White House Exit This Week

Chief of staff 'close to decision' on Chicago mayoral bid

(Newser) - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is nearing a decision on whether to quit his job to run for mayor of Chicago, and could make an announcement as soon as this week, sources say. "Because of family considerations, no final decision has been made," a source tells...

Obama: School Year Should Be Longer

President also defends economic record, says Rahm better hurry up

(Newser) - Barack Obama just lost some votes in the K-12 demographic. The president advocated expanding the school year by a month this morning, in a major interview with the Today Show . “That month makes a difference,” he told Matt Lauer. “Now, that’s going to cost some money...

Obama Aides Skipping Orszag Wedding as Revenge

Gossip: Axelrod, Jarrett, and Emanuel ticked off over his op-ed

(Newser) - From the White House gossip mill: Three top Obama advisers will skip the wedding of ex-budget director Peter Orszag this weekend in a tiff over the Bush tax cuts, the New York Post reports in its Page Six column. As the tale goes, David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, and Rahm Emanuel...

David Axelrod Leaving White House, Too

He'll go to Chicago to work on Obama's re-election campaign

(Newser) - The exodus continues, sort of: David Axelrod will leave his White House post sometime next year, reports the Chicago Tribune . But he's not going far from the president—he'll return to his beloved Chicago to work on Obama's re-election campaign. Axelrod is one of the president's top advisers and strategists,...

Rahm Begins Polling to Test Mayoral Run

Obama chief of staff also gets his Chicago pals involved

(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel is taking his first tangible steps toward an expected run for the Chicago mayor's seat. His longtime pollster has begun surveying city residents, reports Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times . "Sources told me that polling calls for Emanuel were being made over the weekend and that Emanuel...

Who Will Replace Daley and 'Mayor Rahm'?

Chicago race (and DC race) wide open

(Newser) - Richard Daley’s retirement has set off wild speculation in Chicago about who'll replace him, and in Washington about who’ll replace would-be mayor Rahm Emanuel. DC insiders are positive Rahm will run, according to the Hill , but he’ll have competition. “It’s the wild, wild West,”...

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