(Politics365) – Keeping with his penchant for polemic flare and independent style, the Rev. State Sen. James Meeks abruptly pulled out of his quixotic bid for Mayor of Chicago. The move comes after a confluence of events pulled the firebrand Illinois state legislator into the hot burn of a spotlight, something he is no stranger […]
(UPI) — Rahm Emanuel, former chief of staff to President Obama, says he can “turn the page” now that questions of his Illinois residency have been cleared. Opponents of Emanuel’s candidacy in the race to become Chicago’s next mayor said he didn’t meet residency requirements because he moved to Washington to become a member of Obama’s […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Former White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel early Thursday survived the pivotal first round of a residency challenge that will determine whether his name remains on the ballot for mayor of Chicago. “The name of Rahm Emanuel shall appear and shall be printed on the ballot,” Hearing officer Joe Morris wrote. Morris […]
(Politics365) — The battle for Mayor in the windy and very chilly city of Chicago has been heating up in recent weeks as the campaign rhetoric is noticeably more racial in edge. Many political junkies watching the closely contested race were mainly focused on the residency eligibility dispute involving former White House Chief of Staff […]
(Huffington Post) — “There are no newspaper stories…nobody is going into his days at Freddie Mac or his days in the White House…his days keeping African American leaders from out of the White House,” Meeks said on the air. “He had a role in keeping African Americans out of the White House. All of a […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Around the country, Rahm Emanuel may be known as the foul-mouthed embodiment of rough-and-tumble Chicago politics. But for 12 hours Tuesday, he faced grilling by experienced lawyers and amateur activists about whether he’s really a Chicago resident under state law requiring candidates reside in the city for a year before the […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — Chicago mayoral hopeful Carol Moseley Braun went on the attack Thursday, slamming rival Rahm Emanuel for “abandoning” President Obama after “pushing policies that [led] to the biggest Democratic Party political loss in 27 years.” “He left the president holding the bag,” Braun asserted in a statement that also claimed Emanuel “cut […]
(Associated Press) — Black ministers, politicians and business leaders are scrambling to unify their community behind a single candidate in Chicago’s wide-open mayoral race, which already features former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, as many as four congressmen and a sheriff among those considering a run. So many potential candidates have surfaced – at least […]
(CNN) — Three Democratic sources close to Rahm Emanuel tell CNN that the White House chief of staff informed senior colleagues he is all but certain to run for mayor of Chicago, and will leave the White House to take the final exploratory steps. Close associates are already building a campaign team according to sources. Read […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — All signs point to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel running for mayor of Chicago. Emanuel’s decision is all but made — he still has some family matters to consider — but if his trajectory holds, watch for him to step down from his White House perch sometime in October. […]
(Chicago Sun Times) — White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. — both mulling Chicago mayoral runs — huddled Wednesday night in Washington. ”It’s fair to say they had a conversation not only about the race, but about the city itself,” said a source who declined to be named. Read […]