All 9 candidates to participate in Saturday's Women's Mayoral Forum
The candidates, including Lori Lightfoot, will discuss and debate a variety of topics including women's reproductive rights, racial justice, and health care.
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The candidates, including Lori Lightfoot, will discuss and debate a variety of topics including women's reproductive rights, racial justice, and health care.
Like other challengers seeking to defeat Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Garcia is vowing to fire Police Supt. David Brown.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia faced off for the first time Saturday. They joined five other mayoral candidates in a forum focused on disability-related issues and concerns.
The candidates are expected to discuss ways to help Chicagoans living with disabilities.
James Munoz Sr., 63, is a registered sex offender in Illinois. His crime was the aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a 14-year-old child in 2017.
There are now at least 11 candidates running for mayor – and it is shaping up to be a divided race.
"The timing works really well for this, because on days he has to vote or days he's supposed to be doing committee work, it's only 30 days."
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has another challenger in her bid for re-election in 2023. Newly re-elected Congressman Jesus "Chuy" Garcia is announcing he's joining the race for mayor.
Analysts Kimberley Egonmwan and Pat Brady join CBS 2’s Joe Donlon and Irika Sargent with election analysis.
Congressman Jesus "Chuy" Garcia is expected to sail to a third term in Tuesday's election, and sources say in two days he'll officially set his sights on another election, and announce he's running for Chicago mayor in 2023.
U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, expected to sail to victory in his bid for a third term in Congress, plans to jump into the race for mayor of Chicago later this week. High-placed sources confirm Garcia will formally launch his campaign for mayor on Thursday.
The projects are estimated to cost $380 million.
Following a meeting Tuesday, the leadership council is calling on the 4th District congressman to throw his hat in the ring before the February 2023 mayoral election.
Garcia would almost certainly become the instant favorite to unseat Lightfoot, after forcing then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel into a runoff election in 2015.
