CHICAGO — U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley on Thursday announced he will not run for Chicago mayor in 2023.
The announcement follows weeks of speculation that intensified earlier this month when he launched a local political campaign committee and polled potential voters about a candidacy. Quigley also considered a run in 2019 after Mayor Rahm Emanuel dropped out but decided not to jump into the race.
A longtime Chicago resident who has been congressman of Illinois’ 5th Congressional District since 2009, Quigley said in a statement released Thursday morning that he considered running for mayor but couldn’t due to the crisis in Ukraine. He said he would have “relished the opportunity to get Chicago back on track” 10 years ago but, “If I’m being completely honest, at 63, I don’t think my family and I can make this kind of commitment.”
