Chicago Mayor: Who’s In, Who’s Out, and Who’s Endorsing Who

It’s been less than a week since Bill Brady conceded defeat to Governor Quinn, but nomination petitions for Mayor (and Aldermen) can be filed starting next Monday, November 15th, and due a week after that, November 22nd.

Last time we discussed this race, it seemed like everyone and their mother was considering running. But since then, the 800-pound-fuckin’ gorilla Rahm Emanuel has jumped in, and is taking up most of the oxygen in the room.

Many people have declared that they’re not running now, but notably:

So who’s actually in?

  • RAAAAHM.

  • IL-07 Rep. Danny Davis

  • City Clerk Miguel Del Valle

  • State Senator James Meeks

  • Daley appointee-turned-critic Gery Chico

  • Cook County Board of Review member Larry Rogers

  • Former US Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, and possibly:

  • Soon-to-be former US Senator Roland Burris

As the Trib suggests, this compressed timeframe might make it hard for any of the candidates to build a true ward-by-ward organization – and candidates may be relying on the aldermanic machines to turn out some votes. Plenty of endorsements have flown around…and can probably be shown visually (we’ll keep this updated as more endorsements roll out). Green for Emanuel, yellow for Chico, red for Del Valle, blue for Davis.

23 thoughts on “Chicago Mayor: Who’s In, Who’s Out, and Who’s Endorsing Who”

  1. Gerrymandering is one of the most baffling aspects of US democracy, for an outsider – and one of the most blatantly wrong ones.

  2. David Hoffman has ruled out a run.

    Alexi seems very unlikely.

    Sandi Jackson is unlikely too now that there is a consensus candidate in the black community.

    Ron Huberman is an outside possibility, since he is stepping down from CPS soon.

  3. also, awesome map.. here’s the Presidential primary result map if that gives you any indication of ward loyalties

    Also, Topinka beat Miller in the 23rd, 36th, 38th, 41st, 42nd, 43rd, and 45th. Mark Kirk only beat Alexi in the 41st.

  4. Is the mayor going to be endorsing any of the candidates? And how much of a boost would that give the candidate he endorses in getting an organization together?

    Also, looks like Rahm has a bit of a head start but aren’t the green areas part of his former district in Congress?

  5. I’m assuming this is just anti-Rahm campaigns blowing it out of proportion?

    If not, maybe he should try to get a pre-election ruling, like Bysiewicz attempting to run for CT AG did.

    Or alternatively wait until afterward (if elected). A judge might be hesitant to create a crisis by declaring the winner ineligible and the office vacant.  

  6. One story talked about how Rahm was almost surely going to win, and the talk of others was a dying convulsion of various groups — including 19th-warders.  What is special about the 19th ward?

  7. (1)  Do people living in Chicago actually know which ward they’re in?  Or do wards at least match up reasonably well with known neighborhood designations?

    (2)  Does anyone have the story on the enclaves, like the missing rectangle in ward 19, or the (city?) surrounded by wards 36, 38, 41, and 45?

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