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Willie Wilson has reported the most fundraising of all nine candidates running for mayor of Chicago, Illinois, on Feb. 28. Wilson reported raising $6.1 million. WTTW reported that $5 million was self-funded. Mayor Lori Lightfoot spent the most at $4.3 million. These figures include all reports filed through Dec. 31,…

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Lori Lightfoot made history four years ago as the first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve as Chicago mayor

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has lost the financial advantage her campaign had over most opponents as her campaign spent twice as much as she raised during the last three months of 2022 while she launched expensive television ads aimed at rebuilding momentum in her bid for reelection.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot raised $1.49 million, more than all of her competitors except Brandon Johnson. But she spent $3 million, twice as much as she took in.

Paul Vallas said he was always supported access to abortion and promised Saturday to defend it “for anyone coming to Chicago.”

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot mixed it up with her challengers Saturday over abortion rights, anti-violence funding and economic development at a punchy candidate forum.

In a searing indictment of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Garcia told the City Club of Chicago, “While she was ... pointing fingers and hurling insults, Chicagoans were dying.”

The race for City Hall is shifting into high gear with seven weeks left until Election Day, and Lightfoot is looking for all the help she can get. That includes a strategy a former inspector general called “deeply, deeply problematic.”