CHICAGO — U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia took two key steps toward announcing a campaign for Chicago mayor this week, amending his campaign committee to support a City Hall run and filing an economic disclosure statement as he continues weighing a challenge to Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
The moves come after Garcia, D-Ill., conducted a poll that shows him beating Lightfoot, whose candidacy he supported in 2019.
If Garcia gets into the race, his high name recognition and long record as a progressive could create significant hurdles for other candidates, but it’s not clear whether all the progressive unions that supported him in his 2015 bid for mayor would back him again over other alternatives. Garcia would also need to find ways to appeal to Black voters.
