Former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is endorsing Paul Vallas in the April 4 mayoral runoff, calling Vallas the “best person” to force the Chicago Police Department “into the modern age” and change the police union’s “deeply ingrained culture of passive resistance to reform.”
With strong support from Chicago business leaders, Duncan seriously considered running for mayor before taking a pass because he was unwilling to walk away from Chicago CRED, the nonprofit he founded to combat violence.
