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by Josh Kalven
2:35pm
Mon Dec 29, 2008

IL-5: We're Off To The Races

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The Tribune is reporting that Rep. Rahm Emanuel will resign from his seat this Friday, January 2.  Under state law, the governor must schedule a special election for the seat to be held within 115 days of that date.

Read Emanuel's letter to Rod Blagojevich below (hit the ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
2:24pm
Sun Dec 21, 2008
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Live From IL-5: Geoghegan For Congress?

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On Thursday, Prairie State Blue blogger Yoda examined the state-of-play in the 5th Congressional District, where a dozen candidates have already formed committees for the eventual race to replace Rep. Rahm Emanuel.  The post highlighted Cook County Comm. Mike Quigley and ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:20am
Thu Dec 18, 2008

Live From IL-5: Emanuel Staying Out Of It

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When rumors surfaced in mid-November that Rahm Emanuel was hoping to find a placeholder to sit on his House seat until he finished up a stint as White House chief of staff, it left a lot of folks -- including myself -- scratching their head.  The idea that Emanuel would ...

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by Adam Doster
11:12am
Wed Dec 3, 2008

Giannoulias "Thinking About" Gubernatorial Run

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He didn’t commit fully, but the writing is on the wall. In an interview with the State Journal-Register
editorial board yesterday, State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias said he is
considering a 2010 gubernatorial run. “I’ve been thinking about it,” he
told the paper. “You see ...

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by Josh Kalven
10:17am
Mon Nov 24, 2008

Live From IL-5: Quigley To Start Raising

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The Sun-Times' Abdon Pallasch has the latest scoop out of the 5th Congressional District today. Cook Co. Commissioner Mike Quigley is throwing his hat in the ring:

Quigley said Sunday he plans to file
papers today to start collecting campaign funds to run for ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
6:24pm
Tue Nov 18, 2008
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Live From IL-5: Feigenholtz Is In

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The Tribune is reporting that State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz (D-Chicago) announced today that she is planning to run for Rahm Emanuel's soon-to-be vacated 5th Congressional District seat:

"I love what I do," said Feigenholtz, who has
specialized on health-...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
1:31pm
Thu Nov 13, 2008

Live From IL-5: Schulter In, Claypool Out

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It was only a matter of time before all the chatter about who plans to run for Rahm Emanuel's 5th Congressional District seat transitioned out of the backrooms and into the public sphere.  Today, Cook County Commissioner Forest Claypool, who was a potential top contender, ...

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by Josh Kalven
2:58pm
Wed Nov 12, 2008
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Rahm Looking For A "Seat-Warmer"?

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The list of Democrats rumored to be considering bids to fill Rahm Emanuel's 5th District seat has now grown well past a dozen.  Today, Crain's Greg Hinz dropped this monkey wrench into the process:

Meanwhile, there’s an intriguing wrinkle in the race for Mr. Emanuel’...