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Court: Rahm Emanuel can stay on Chicago mayoral ballot
By: Bill O'ReillyJanuary 28, 2011
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US News & World Report: The Illinois Supreme Court has decided to keep former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel on the ballot for the Chicago mayor's race. With a unanimous 7-0 vote, the state Supreme Court overturned an appellate court ruling and opined that Emanuel, the frontrunner in the race, is indeed a Chicago resident. Both the Chicago Board of Elections and a Cook County judge had supported Emanuel's qualifications for office, but the race drew national scrutiny this week as questions arose over Emanuel's residency. Chicago requires that all mayoral candidates be residents of the city in the year before the elections. Emanuel, working at his high-profile job in Washington for the year, had not physically lived in the city, and had rented out his Chicago home. But the elected state Supreme Court ruled that according to legal precedent, Emanuel's intent to return to Chicago was enough to keep his eligibility.
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