THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Rahm Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, has been prevented from running for election as mayor of Chicago because he didn’t live in the city in the year before the election.
An Illinois Appeals Court has ruled that Mr Emanuel’s name cannot appear on the Feb 22 ballot.
Those challenging Mr Emanuel’s candidacy have argued that the Democrat doesn’t meet the one-year residency requirement because he rented out his Chicago home and moved his family to Washington to work for President Barack Obama for nearly two years.
Mr Emanuel has said he always intended to return to Chicago and was only living in Washington at the request of the president. >>> | Monday, January 24, 2011
