Six candidates got their name on the Feb. 28 ballot for mayor, but current Mayor Lori Lightfoot was nowhere to be found.
Cleopatra Watson, waits to file her petitions to run for 9th Ward alderperson at 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21, after waiting in line for nearly 72 hours.
Any remaining candidates — including Lightfoot, Garcia and Ald. Roderick Sawyer — have until 5 p.m. Nov. 28 to file their petitions. Those who file at the deadline will be entered into a lottery for the last spot on the ballot — perhaps less valuable to veteran politicians with high name recognition.
While her rivals waited in line, Lightfoot prepared to welcome U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to O’Hare International Airport, to celebrate progress in the $8.5 billion makeover of the airport. But the big news of the day came before a single petition sheet was filed, with the decision by Ald. Raymond Lopez to abandon his bid for mayor and run instead for a third term representing the 15th Ward, which includes parts of Back of the Yards and Englewood — even after he said he collected 26,000 signatures in the race for mayor.
Vallas welcomed Lopez’s decision to drop out, an indication that the two conservative politicians were battling for many of the same voters. “The mayor of Chicago has been an incredible disappointment,” Johnson said. “She has broken nearly every single promise.”
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