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Lightfoot lets loose on Vallas, Garcia at spirited forum of mayoral front-runners

Fighting for her political life, Mayor Lori Lightfoot called Jesus “Chuy” Garcia the “original defunder” of police and Paul Vallas a resume inflater who takes his marching orders from the Fraternal Order of Police and its “repugnant” president John Catanzara.

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Willie Wilson leads Chicago mayoral candidates in fundraising through 2022; Mayor Lori Lightfoot leads in spending

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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Mayor Lori Lightfoot facing stiff headwinds as 8 challengers vie for her job

The fractured field virtually guarantees no single candidate will reach the vote threshold — more than 50% — that’s needed to avoid a runoff between the top two finishers in the Feb. 28 election.

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Garcia punching back after weeks of getting pummeled by Lightfoot

A new 30-second spot TV spot, the congressman’s first of the mayoral campaign, focuses on crime.

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Mayoral candidates’ plans for crime, UIC faculty ends strike and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Crime is a top issue in Chicago mayoral race: How would nine candidates address it?

All nine mayoral candidates have released at least a brief public safety plan — or, in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s case, touted what she posed as her achievements in office.

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She made history as Chicago mayor. Reelection may be harder

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

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s campaign spending outpacing how much she’s raising

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.

Chicago Tribune

Vallas, Johnson and Garcia close fundraising gap with Lightfoot, new reports show

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot attacks Vallas at women’s forum for staying ‘silent’ in aftermath of Roe v. Wade decision

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

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot pounces on challenger Paul Vallas during punchy women’s forum

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.

Chicago Tribune

Mayoral challenger Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia unveils public safety plan

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.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot campaign promises to stop soliciting CPS student volunteers after criticism

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.”

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Lightfoot bears brunt of criticism at mayoral candidate forum on issues affecting disabled Chicagoans

For the first time since the ballot was set, seven of the city’s nine mayoral candidates gathered to discuss their strategies for the city at a forum hosted by Access Living.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago mayoral candidates pledge to give media access to police scanner traffic as city moves to encryption

CHICAGO — Most of Chicago’s major mayoral candidates said they would undo Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s controversial plan to block live transmission of Police Department scanner traffic from the media if they are elected next year.

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White voters helped propel Lori Lightfoot to the mayor’s office in 2019. Will they stick with her in February?

CHICAGO — When Willie Wilson finished his remarks before the Illinois Polish American Congress in November, the lull in the room lasted long enough for the audience to begin awkwardly fidgeting.

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Mayoral hopefuls agree solving crime is the answer — no matter what the question

Candidates often veered back to crime and public safety when answering questions on the CTA, businesses leaving the city and other matters at the forum, which was held on the Northwest Side.

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Is Chuy running away with race for Chicago mayor? Local 150 poll shows he is.

The poll of 700 likely Chicago voters conducted Nov. 10-17 by Impact Research shows U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia leading Mayor Lori Lightfoot by 7 percentage points in Round One and clobbering the incumbent in a runoff.

Chicago Sun-Times

Vallas unveils crime-fighting plan to reverse ‘utter breakdown of law and order’

Mayoral challenger says he would fire Police Supt. David Brown, fill 1,600 police vacancies and push “resources to the district level.”

Chicago Tribune

And they’re off: Candidates line up Monday to begin filing to run in the 2023 Chicago mayor and City Council election

CHICAGO — Monday morning, the Chicago Board of Elections Loop Super Site filled up with a motley collection of political power players, good government enthusiasts, wannabes, optimists, has-beens, never-wases and other characters looking to stamp their ticket to City Hall for the next four years.

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Gut check: Political theater of candidate filing raises curtain on decisions and drama of mayoral, ward races

Beyond the bragging rights, candidates try to file more than the minimum number of signatures required to withstand challenges by rival candidates. The weeklong filing period also begins the winnowing of the mayoral field.

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Former Gov. Pat Quinn to skip mayor’s race

Quinn, 73, says he wants to continue encouraging voters to petition their government via binding referendum, and he doesn’t believe he can do that and be mayor at the same time.

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11 Chicago mayoral candidates attend forum at Temple Sholom

The candidates addressing took questions on public safety, housing insecurity, antisemitism and education. Mayor Lori Lightfoot did not attend.

Chicago Sun-Times

Garcia likely to run for mayor after his poll shows him beating Lightfoot in two-way race

The poll of 616 likely Chicago voters was conducted last week by Public Policy Polling, a Raleigh, N.C. firm that works only for Democrats. Half were contacted on landlines, the rest on cell phones via text message.

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