AP Photo/Tom R. Smedes Monday, Nov. 28, is the deadline to file petitions and submit signatures to become a candidate for mayor of Chicago. The general election will be held on Feb. 28, 2023, with a runoff election to take place on April 4 if no candidate gets 50% of the vote.
That’s a likely occurrence since there are already a dozen candidates officially in the race with at least five candidates who will seriously compete for the prize.
At the top of the list is incumbent mayor Lori Lightfoot, whose prickly demeanor is getting pricklier by the day given that her opponents are coming at her from all sides on the issue of crime. Lightfoot recently yanked the credentials of Daily Mail contributor William Kelly after a scuffle ensued between Kelly and Lightfoot’s security. Kelly had been particularly severe in his criticism of the city’s sky-high murder rate.
But several of […]
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