Court: Rahm Emanuel Can't Run For Mayor, Not Chicago Resident

An Illinois court on Monday threw its name from Rahm Emanuel of Chicago City Council vote, perhaps ending the former chief of staff Blanca offers to take his hometown.

By 2 to 1 vote, the Court of Appeals panel overturned its previous decision and noted that Emanuel can not be displayed because he moved to Washington DC for two years.

"It 's likely that the candidate does not meet the code requirement is a city that has" lived "in Chicago, the year before the election, in which he seeks to participate and is not an exemption from the requirement, said that the opinion the majority of the judges and Thomas E. Hoffman Shelvin Louise Marie Hall. (Read the Court's decision here.)

The decision comes less than a month before the election on February 22, and the president of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners says it will do what he said: "We will lobby with a smaller candidate for mayor "Langdon D. Neal said in a statement.

Emanuel has been considered the favorite in the race, far outraised its opponents.

A lawyer, who said on behalf of Emanuel told the Chicago Sun-Times that will immediately appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Illinois. Emanuel sounded confident during the press conference Monday afternoon.

"I have no doubt that we will ultimately prevail in this effort," said Emanuel in restaurant BERGHOFF Chicago. "As my father always said:" Nothing is ever easy in life. "Nothing is ever easy. It's just a walk on the road."