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Rahm Emanuel Run for Mayor - The Chicago Elections Board of Commissioners ruled Thursday that Rahm Emanuel is a city resident qualified to run for mayor — a pivotal decision that came just hours after an elections official recommended the board rule in favor of the former White House chief of staff in a challenge filed by dozens of objectors. The three-member board, composed of two Democrats and a Republican, concluded that Emanuel had not "abandoned" his residency when he moved from Chicago for Washington to serve as President Barack Obama’s top adviser. The ruling clears the way for the former North side congressman to run to replace Mayor Richard M. Daley — a race in which Emanuel leads the nearest competitor by 23 percentage points. Rahm Emanuel Run for Mayor In closing statements before a packed room at the Board of Elections — where a circus-like scene unfolded during the residency hearing a week ago — the board acknowledged that the appellate courts would have t...