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When Jay Carney takes over as White House press secretary from Robert Gibbs he will have to build relationships with three constituencies: the public, the press and the president.

Jay Carney, the spokesman for Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., will replace Robert Gibbs as the White House press secretary.

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CHICAGO – With Rahm Emanuel’s mayoral hopes resting in the hands of the Illinois Supreme Court, Chicago’s newspapers weighed in loudly – and grumpily — on Tuesday.

In a Chicago Tribune editorial headlined “Judicial Arrogance,” the newspaper bemoaned an Illinois Appellate Court decision on Monday to remove Mr. Emanuel from the city’s Feb. 22 ballot as having “ignored more than 100 years of legal precedent.” The panel of appellate justices concluded that Mr. Emanuel lost his legal residency in Chicago – and thus, his right to run for mayor – when he served as President Obama’s chief of staff. State law requires candidates for mayor to live in Chicago for a full year before Election Day.

The Chicago Sun-Times, in an editorial, deemed the ruling “a disservice to voters.”

And so, even as the Chicago Board of Elections was set to begin printing ballots (early voting starts on Monday), all eyes were turned to the state Supreme Court. The court – made up of four Democrats and three Republicans – may consider Mr. Emanuel’s request for an expedited appeal, or it can choose not to hear the case at all.

There could be some complications with the case, political analysts say. For instance, Anne M. Burke, one of the justices on the state panel, is married to Ed Burke, a powerful veteran city alderman who has made known his support for Gery Chico, another candidate for mayor. Among the questions emerging: Would Ms. Burke, a Democrat, recuse herself from deciding Mr. Emanuel’s fate? And if she did, might that create a tie that would result in Mr. Emanuel being left off the ballot?

Mr. Emanuel, meanwhile, has said that he would continue to campaign, and that he expected to prevail. He spent Monday night campaigning at a bowling alley. His aides said more events would proceed, as ever, on Tuesday morning. First stop: an appearance before members of a local Teamsters council.

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It’s not over in Alaska but Sen. Lisa Murkowski appears to be in the driver’s seat as election officials prepare to count absentee ballots and examine the all-important write-in votes that suggest the incumbent came out ahead in a three-way contest for U.S. Senate. Murkowski told NBC’s “Today” show Thursday her bid to make history [...]

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First Lady Michelle Obama made a pitch for early voting at fundraisers in Milwaukee and Chicago and on African-American radio shows Wednesday — and to underscore her plea, she will cast her own early ballot Thursday morning in her home town. Mrs. Obama spent the night at her house on Chicago’s South Side, only her [...]