Chicago mayoral election, 2019
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An election for Mayor of Chicago is scheduled to be held on February 26, 2019. The election is officially nonpartisan, and the winner will be elected to a four-year term. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, a runoff election will be held on April 2, 2019. Incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel is not running for a third term.[1] Emanuel was first elected in 2011 (winning in the first round with 55.19% of the vote) and reelected in 2015 (receiving 55.7% of the vote in the runoff election). The filing deadline to be a candidate is November 26, 2018.
Candidates
Declared
- Dorothy A. Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County and candidate for Mayor in 2007[2]
- Gery Chico, former Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education and candidate for Mayor in 2011[3][4][5]
- William M. Daley, former White House Chief of Staff and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce[6][7][8]
- Amara Eniya, community activist, organizer, attorney and policy consultant[9][10]
- La Shawn K. Ford, State Representative[11]
- Ja'Mal Green, Executive director of the Majostee Allstars Community Center[12]
- Jerry Joyce Jr., attorney and son of former Alderman Jeremiah E. Joyce[13]
- John Kass, columnist for the Chicago Tribune[14]
- William J. Kelly, radio host and perennial candidate[15]
- John Kozlar, candidate for alderman in Chicago's 11th ward in 2011 and 2015[16]
- Troy LaRaviere, President of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association[17][18][3]
- Lori Lightfoot former President of the Chicago Police Board[18]
- Garry McCarthy, former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department[3][19]
- Toni Preckwinkle, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners[20][21]
- Matthew Roney, pharmaceutical technician[22]
- Neal Sales-Griffin, Professor at Northwestern University Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation[23]
- Paul Vallas, former Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools[24][25]
- William Walls, perennial candidate[15]
- Willie Wilson, businessman, candidate for Mayor in 2015 and candidate for President in 2016[26]
Potential
- Robert Fioretti, Chicago City Alderman and candidate for Mayor in 2015[15]
- Chris Kennedy, former Chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees, candidate for Governor in 2018 and member of the Kennedy family[27]
- Proco Joe Moreno, member of the Chicago City Council from the 1st ward[6]
- Ricardo Munoz, member of the Chicago City Council from the 22nd ward[6][28]
- Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer[29][30]
- Ameya Pawar, member of the Chicago City Council, and candidate for Governor in 2018[3][4]
- Larry Rogers Jr., commissioner of the Cook County Board Of Review[29]
- Michael Sacks, Chief Executive Officer of GCM Grosvenor[6]
- Kurt Summers, City Treasurer of Chicago[3][31]
Declined
- Richard Boykin, outgoing member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners[3][32]
- Anthony Beale, Alderman from the 9th ward[15]
- Walter Burnett Jr., Alderman from the 27th ward[15]
- Chance the Rapper, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer[33]
- Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff[18][3]
- Arne Duncan, former U.S. Secretary of Education and former CEO of Chicago Public Schools[6][34]
- Rahm Emanuel, incumbent Mayor[35]
- Bridget Gainer, member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners[18][3]
- Jesús "Chuy" García, member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, candidate for Mayor in 2015 and Democratic nominee for Illinois's 4th congressional district in 2018[18][3][36][37][38]
- Luis Gutierrez, retiring Congressman from Illinois's 4th congressional district[6][28][39]
- Valerie Jarrett, former Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs[3][40]
- Ra Joy, executive director of CHANGE Illinois and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2018;[27][41]
- Raymond Lopez, Alderman of the 15th Ward[15][42]
- Susana Mendoza, 10th Illinois Comptroller[6][43]
- Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois[18][3]
- David Orr, Cook County Clerk[44][45]
- Mike Quigley, Congressman from Illinois's 5th congressional district[6][46]
- Pat Quinn, candidate for Illinois Attorney General in 2018, former Governor of Illinois, former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and former Treasurer of Illinois[47]
- Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Alderman for the 35th Ward (running for reelection)[48]
- Kwame Raoul, member of the Illinois Senate (running for Attorney General of Illinois)[3][49]
- Roderick Sawyer, member of the Chicago City Council and Chair of the Chicago City Council Black Caucus[6][4]
- Tom Tunney, member of the Chicago City Council from the 44th ward[6][50]
- Anna M. Valencia, Chicago City Clerk[6]
- Scott Waguespack, member of the Chicago City Council and chairman of the Council's Progressive Reform Caucus[51][52]
- Jesse White, Secretary of State of Illinois and former state representative[15][53]
Endorsements
| Gery Chico |
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| Lori Lightfoot |
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| Garry McCarthy |
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| Toni Preckwinkle |
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| Paul Vallas |
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Fundraising
| Campaign finance reports as of July 18, 2018 | |
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| Candidate | Amount raised |
| Bill Daley | $885,000.00 |
| Garry McCarthy | $745,000.00 |
| Lori Lightfoot | $665,000.00 |
| Willie Wilson | $665,000.00 |
| Gery Chico | $519,000.00 |
| Paul Vallas | $465,000.00 |
| Toni Preckwinkle | $339,372.82 |
| Dorothy Brown | $36,303.00 |
| Neal Sales-Griffin | $18,350.00 |
| Troy LaRaviere | $14,162.00 |
| Ja'Mal Green | $13,750.00 |
| Source:[59] | |
Polls
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Dorothy Brown |
Bill Daley |
Rahm Emanuel |
Chuy Garcia |
Luis Gutierrez |
Jerry Joyce |
Lori Lightfoot |
Valerie Jarrett |
Garry McCarthy |
Susana Mendoza |
Rick Munoz |
Toni Preckwinkle |
Kurt Summers |
Paul Vallas |
Willie Wilson |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raba Research[60] | September 10 | 4% | - | - | - | - | 21% | - | 10% | - | 18% | - | - | 16% | 4% | 10% | - | 7% | 15% | |
| PPP, Toni Preckwinkle (D)[61] | September 9 | 600 | 4.9% | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13% | - | - | 25% | - | 16% | - | 10% | 19% |
| We Ask America | September 4 | 1,128 | 3.0% | - | 1.8% | - | 3.9% | - | 3.2% | 9.6% | 6.6% | 16.8% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 4.6% | - | 10.1% | 15.1% | 8.7% | 16.8% |
| PPP[62] | August | 722 | 5.0% | - | - | 24% | - | - | - | - | - | 11% | - | - | - | - | 10% | - | - | - |
| Lori Lightfoot (D)[63] | July 7–9 | 800 | 0% | 15% | - | 34% | - | - | - | 3% | - | 16% | - | - | - | - | 9% | - | - | - |
Hypothetical polling
Emanuel vs. Brown
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Rahm Emanuel |
Dorothy Brown |
Not sure |
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| Public Policy Polling[62] | August | 722 | 7.0% | 43% | 26% | 31% |
Emanuel vs. Lightfoot
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Rahm Emanuel |
Lori Lightfoot |
Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling[62] | August | 722 | 12.0% | 38% | 33% | 20% |
| Lori Lightfoot (D)[63] | July 7–9 | 800 | 0% | 40% | 50% | - |
Emanuel vs. McCarthy
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Rahm Emanuel |
Garry McCarthy |
Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling[62] | August | 722 | 7.0% | 38% | 37% | 25% |
Emanuel vs. Vallas
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Rahm Emanuel |
Paul Vallas |
Not sure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Policy Polling[62] | August | 722 | 11.0% | 33% | 39% | 28% |
References
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