Mayor Lori Lightfoot is expected to launch her reelection bid on Wednesday with a handful of Black West Side alderpersons at her side, underscoring deep divisions among African-American elected officials.
Black Caucus Chair Jason Ervin (28th), Lightfoot’s handpicked chairman of the City Council’s Committee on Contracting Oversight and Equity, said Friday he has agreed to stand with the mayor at 2 p.m. Wednesday tentatively at a campaign kickoff tentatively scheduled to be held at Revolution Workshop, 3410 W. Lake St.
