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More challenges to Emanuel’s Chicago residency
CHICAGO – A longtime Chicago election attorney joined the effort Friday to push mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel off the February ballot over his residency status, even as Emanuel’s supporters say the challenges are a frivolous distraction. Attorney Burt Odelson filed a petition claiming Emanuel can’t run for mayor because he hasn’t lived in Chicago for the year leading up to the election, as the law requires.
Rahm Emanuel’s Residency Continues To Be An Issue In Chicago Mayoral Race
CHICAGO — As he travels about the city, assuring Chicagoans that he is one of them, Rahm Emanuel must be asking himself why he just didn’t leave his house vacant when he went off to work in the White House. Or rent it to a buddy or a relative.
PHOTOS: Meet The Candidates For Chicago Mayor
We knew there were a lot of people considering mayoral bids, but we did not expect 20 candidates. Well, hopefully Chicagoans like having many options.
Emanuel not the only mayoral hopeful facing residency issue
Rahm Emanuel’s campaign this week defended the candidate against allegations he is ineligible to run for Chicago mayor because he’s been living in Washington, DC, for the past two years. But the ex-White House chief of staff is not the only mayoral hopeful with a potential residency problem.
Illinois Green Party Remains Optimistic Despite Losses At The Polls
Green Party candidate Jeremy Karpen says that as he was greeting voters outside his Logan Square polling place on Election Day, he watched the same scenario time and again. A campaign worker for 39th District state rep Toni Berrios, whom Karpen was trying to unseat, would pull a voter aside, greet him familiarly in Spanish, hand him a palm card .
Radio host: Sharpton visit ‘political’
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A local radio host is calling Rev. Al Sharpton’s visit to Indianapolis on Wednesday politically-motivated.
Both Bean and Walsh head to D.C.
The 8th congressional district race remains undecided, but both candidates in the race say they’re heading to Washington D.C. U.S.
Quinn says election win means voters want tax hike
SPRINGFIELD — A gambling package that could raise $1 billion annually for the state appears “top-heavy” and should take a back seat in the upcoming fall veto session to raising the income tax, Gov. Quinn told the Chicago Sun-Times. In the coming weeks, Senate Democrats intend to push legislation authorizing casinos in Chicago, an undetermined south suburban location, north suburban Park City and Downstate Danville. The expansion plan also would allow slot machines at six Illinois racetracks and expand the number of gambling machines now in use at existing casinos. The package is similar to what the Senate passed in May 2009. But in an interview with the Sun-Times, the governor expressed pessimism over the new gambling plan and said his push to raise the individual income tax rate by 1 percentage point — to 4 percent — should take priority.
Brady Not Conceding Yet in Governor’s Race
By Benjamin Yount Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD – After a close election that leaves him 20,000 votes behind, Bill Brady still will not admit defeat in the race for Illinois governor. The GOP gubernatorial hopeful said on Thursday that he wants to count all of the votes, and still wants to wait up to 30 days for local and state election authorities to certify that vote.
Brady: No Concession Yet
Bill Brady says he still wants every vote counted in Illinois. And, once again, says it will take time to decide the governor’s race.
