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Rahm To Resign House Seat, Effective Friday

By Eric Kleefeld - December 29, 2008, 3:51PM

Rahm Emanuel is set to officially resign from Congress this Friday, as he prepares to become Barack Obama's White House Chief of Staff.

Rahm was easily re-elected to a fourth term this past November, before he got the invitation from Barack Obama to join the White House. A crowded field of local Democrats has already popped up to run in the special election. Whoever wins the primary will be pretty much guaranteed to hold this safe Democratic seat.

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| TOPICS: IL-05, Rahm Emanuel

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When will the special election be held? 2010? Next Spring? Will his district go unrepresented for two years if it's the former? Why can't, if it's the latter, the senatorial candidates be piggybacked on the ballot?

Enquiring minds want to know.

Posted by erichayes
December 29, 2008 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
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A senator runs state wide. The special election for Rahm's seat will only be held in his congressional district.

Posted by FreeRider in reply to a comment from erichayes
December 29, 2008 5:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
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Nothing like overlooking the obvious.

Posted by erichayes in reply to a comment from FreeRider
December 29, 2008 7:08 PM | Reply | Permalink

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