Emanuel Leads in Chicago

Emanuel tops Chicago mayoral poll
Published: Dec. 15, 2010 at 12:20 PM Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel laughs as he prepares to testify as a witness at a hearing before the Chicago Board of Elections in Chicago on December 14, 2010. Emanuel's candidacy for Mayor of Chicago is being challenged on the basis of a law that requires Chicago residency for one year prior to running for municipal office. UPI/Brian Kersey CHICAGO, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Rahm Emanuel is far ahead of his rivals in the Chicago mayor's race, a ...

Realtor says Emanuel planned Chicago return
The third day of a hearing on challenges to Rahm Emanuel's place on the Chicago mayoral ballot began with a new witness, Paul Levy, a Real Estate manager who found the North Side home Emanuel purchased in 1998. The Hermitage Avenue home on the North Side was perfect for Emanuel and his family, Levy said, testifying that Emanuel purchased it and moved in after coming home from a post in the Clinton Administration. Read more in Clout Street. ...

At Issue in Emanuel Hearing: Boxes in Basement
Chicago — The contents of Rahm Emanuel’s basement took center stage on Wednesday in an election board hearing to determine whether he can run for mayor. A tenant who is renting Mr. Emanuel’s home here told a hearing officer that she had never seen any of the boxes Mr. Emanuel said he stored in the basement when he left for Washington to work as President Obama’s Chief of Staff. The tenant, Lori Halpin, testified during the second day of hearings over whether Mr. Emanuel meets the

Renter Testifies at Emanuel's Residency Hearing
(Chicago) — A friend of Chicago mayoral hopeful Rahm Emanuel's wife testified Wednesday that she helped pack away their family heirlooms and other mementos for storage before Emanuel moved to Washington to become President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff. Mee Kim-Chavez spoke at a Chicago Board of Election Commissioners hearing on residency challenges to Emanuel's bid for the city's top job. She said she helped Emanuel's wife, Amy Rule, store 20 to 30 boxes in a crawl space under a home add...

Renter Testifies at Emanuel's Residency Hearing
(Chicago) — A friend of Chicago mayoral hopeful Rahm Emanuel's wife testified Wednesday that she helped pack away their family heirlooms and other mementos for storage before Emanuel moved to Washington to become President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff. Mee Kim-Chavez spoke at a Chicago Board of Election Commissioners hearing on residency challenges to Emanuel's bid for the city's top job. She said she helped Emanuel's wife, Amy Rule, store 20 to 30 boxes in a crawl space under a home add...

Poll: Emanuel front-runner in Chicago mayoral race
(CNN) - As Rahm Emanuel attempts to prove that he's a Chicago resident, a new poll indicates that the former White House Chief of Staff is far ahead of his rivals in the battle to be the city's next mayor. According to a Chicago Tribune/WGN survey, 32 percent of Chicago voters support Emanuel, with former Chicago City Colleges Board Chairman Gery Chico and Rep. Danny Davis each at nine percent, state Sen. James Meeks at six percent, former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun at six percent, City Clerk Migu...

Sen. Kirk says Emanuel heading to runoff if poll numbers 'hold'
Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk (R) predicted Rahm Emanuel would come out on top in the Chicago mayoral primary — if he manages to stay on the ballot. Emanuel and his camp are in the fourth day of a Chicago Board of Elections hearing into the challenges to his ballot eligibility. The primary, set for Feb. 22, is a non-partisan contest where the top two vote getters advance to a runoff in November. There are almost two-dozen Candidates, including Emanuel, vying to succeed retiring Mayor Richard Dale...

Rahm Emanueuls Chicago residency still open to dabate
Attorneys for former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel are focused on showing that he always planned to come back to Chicago after he finished working for President Barack Obama. A Chicago Board of Election Commissioners hearing on residency challenges to Emanuel’s mayoral bid enters its third day Thursday with more witnesses expected to testify. More than two dozen opponents say he doesn’t have a legal right to run because he lived for nearly two years in Washington. Wednesday...

Emanuels Chicago residency hearing enters 3rd day
CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel are focused on showing that he always planned to come back to Chicago after he finished working for President Barack Obama. A Chicago Board of Election Commissioners hearing on residency challenges to Emanuel’s mayoral bid enters its third day Thursday with more witnesses expected to testify. More than two dozen opponents say he doesn’t have a legal right to run because he lived for nearly two years in ...

Chicago hearing: Does Rahm Emanuel qualify to run for mayor?
Rahm Emanuel faced questions Tuesday on whether he has been a Chicago resident - a requirement for a mayoral run. Mr. Emanuel served as White House Chief of Staff until October....

Woman renting Rahm Emanuel's home to testify at residency hearing in his Chicago mayoral bid
Chicago (AP) — A woman who rented Rahm Emanuel's house after he became President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff is scheduled to testify at a hearing about whether his name should be on the ballot in the race for Chicago mayor. Emanuel endured nearly 12 hours of questioning Tuesday from attorneys and Chicago residents who say he's not eligible to run for mayor. The challengers say he does not meet the requirement that Candidates live in the city a full year before the election because he mo...

Rahm keeps his cool, wins the day and probably the mayors race
Rahm Emanuel sat for nearly 12 hours on Tuesday, fielding absurd questions from characters out of a farce, charitably, or an insane asylum, more accurately. He never lost his temper or uttered a single Profanity. He showed impressive patience with citizen objectors who droned on about wacko Conspiracy theories and asked such questions as, “Have you ever heard the term, ‘Smiling like a butcher’s dog?’ ” The TV cameras, the print reporters monitoring this hearing — the que

Emanuel dominant in Trib poll
The residency challenge really does seem like foes' best shot: 32 Rahm Emanuel 30 Undecided 9 Gery Chico 9 Danny Davis 7 James Meeks 6 Carol Moseley Braun 3 Miguel del Valle ...

Emanuel testifies in Chicago residency hearing (AP)
Chicago – Rahm Emanuel, who left a powerful job with President Barack Obama at the White House to move back to Chicago and run for mayor, endured nearly 12 hours of questioning Tuesday from everyone from attorneys to a woman named Queen Sister — all intent on keeping his name off the ballot. Testifying before a Chicago election board official during a hearing that was sometimes funny, contentious and downright strange, Emanuel defended himself against claims by opponents who say he...

Emanuel takes early lead in race for Chicago mayor
Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is off to an early lead in the race for Chicago mayor, but there is plenty of room for other contenders in the crowded field as the fluid contest takes shape, a new Tribune/WGN poll found. Emanuel had the support of 32 percent of voters, just ahead of 30 percent who were undecided, making him the only candidate in double-digits with more than two months before the Feb. 22 city election. He was well short of the outright majority needed to avoid an ...

Chicago magazine - A Look at Joseph Morris, the Hearing Officer in the Rahm Emanuel Residency Challenge
Joseph Morris Rahm Emanuel took the stand this morning in a hearing to determine whether he meets the residency requirements to run for mayor, given that he has been living in D.C. for the last two years. The hearings, held at the Loop offices of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, have been something of a spectacle, with crowds of objectors swarming the tiny basement conference room, shouting “indict Rahm”—or worse. Presiding over the three-ring circus has been hearin...

Emanuel's wife won't have to be at Chicago hearing
Chicago — An election official says Rahm Emanuel's wife won't have to testify at a hearing over challenges to the former White House Chief of Staff's Chicago residency. Chicago Board of Election Commissioners hearing officer Joseph Morris said Monday there's no information Amy Rule can provide that those trying to prevent Emanuel from running for Mayor of Chicago can't get from Emanuel himself. Emanuel is set to testify at the Tuesday hearing.. The key question is whether Emanuel is inel...

Emanuel Takes Questions About Eligibility to Run for Chicago Mayor
CHICAGO — Rahm Emanuel’s campaign to become mayor of this city has looked like a perfectly orchestrated political play: cheerful morning hand-shakings at train stops, tours of neighborhoods as cameras whir, pronouncements on education, energy, the police. Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday at an election board hearing. Then came Tuesday. Mr. Emanuel, the former White House Chief of Staff and a Veteran practitioner of campaign imagery and messaging, found himself in a packed basement meeting ...

Hearing focuses on items at Emanuel's Chicago home (AP)
Chicago – The second day of a hearing into whether Rahm Emanuel has the legal right to run for Chicago mayor focused Wednesday on the family items he says were left behind in his basement when he went to Washington to become President Barack Obama's Chief of Staff. The woman renting Emanuel's house testified at the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners hearing that she had not seen treasured items Emanuel said were left in the basement. But Mee Kim-Chavez, a friend of Emanuel's wife, A...

Rahm Emanuel's Residency Hearing: Day Three To Focus On Plan To Return From Washington
Chicago — Attorneys for former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel are focused on showing that he always planned to come back to Chicago after he finished working for President Barack Obama. A Chicago Board of Election Commissioners hearing on residency challenges to Emanuel's mayoral bid enters its third day Thursday with more witnesses expected to testify. More than two dozen opponents say he doesn't have a legal right to run because he lived for nearly two years in Washington. Wed...

Rahm's crawlspace: Center of the Board of Elections hearing
Day two of Rahm Emanuel ’s Board of Election’s residency hearing turned into a debate about what is and what isn’t in Emanuel’s basement.  Laurie Halpin , wife of Robert Halpin who momentarily ran for Chicago mayor and temporarily refuses to move out of Emanuel’s House which he has been leasing on Hermitage Avenue, challenged Testimony given the day before by Emanuel.  On Tuesday, Emanuel spoke of family treasures being stored in the basement of which Lau...

Sears and Kmart opening medical uniform shops
Sears Holdings Corp. says it has signed an agreement with retailer Work 'N Gear to operate medical uniforms shops inside its Sears and Kmart stores. The new shops, called Scrubology, will range in size from 600 to 1,500 square feet and will sell uniforms for healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses, Veterinarians and lab technicians. The first 10 Scrubology in-store shops, including one at the Fox Valley Mall in Aurora, opened last month. The companies tell the Chicago Tribune they pla...

Cubs Close To Deal With Kerry Wood
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ChicagoTribune.com has set mug shot standards that tampabay.com lacks
by Jim Romenesko Published Dec. 16, 2010 10:20 am Updated Dec. 16, 2010 10:25 am TampaBay.com — the website of Poynter’s St. Petersburg Times — posts all mugshots that are uploaded by four sheriffs’ departments. That’s “reprehensible,” says Michael Miner. “The [Chicago] Tribune’s ‘Mugs in the News’ is definitely less reprehensible” because it’s more selective. One reason for that: Chicago cops don’t put mug ...

Rahm home game
WASHINGTON -- You really can't go home again. Rahm Emanuel, who ran the White House as President Obama's first chief-of-staff, returned to the Windy City in October to run for mayor, but has faced blowback from opponents who say he is ineligible because he gave up his residency. At issue yesterday before the Chicago Board of Elections is whether Emanuel maintained his Illinois residency as required under city law to run for mayor. Exhibit A in the case against him is his 2009 Tax Return, in...