Preckwinkle announces mayoral run with support of Jarrett, SEIU Local 1
Running
• Dorothy Brown, Cook County Circuit Court clerk • Gery Chico, former chief of staff to Mayor Richard M. Daley (1992-1995), former CPS board president (1995-2001), former Chicago Park District board president (2007-2010)
• Bill Daley, Richard M. Daley’s brother, former chief of staff to President Barack Obama (2011-2012), former U.S. secretary of commerce (1997-2000)
• Amara Enyia, director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce
• Ja’Mal Green, activist in Chicago’s Black Lives Matter movement
• Jerry Joyce, former assistant state’s attorney and son of a clout-heavy Chicago politico • William Kelly, television producer
• John Kozlar, two-time aldermanic candidate • Troy LaRaviere, president of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association, former CPS principal • Lori Lightfoot, former president of Chicago Police Board, former assistant U.S. attorney
• Garry McCarthy, former Chicago police superintendent (2011-2015)
• Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County
Board president, Cook County Democratic Party chair • Matthew Roney, political science student at DePaul University
• Neal Sales-Griffin, entrepreneur and educator
• Paul Vallas, former CPS CEO (1995-2001), former governor candidate (2014)
• William “Dock” Walls, businessman
• Willie Wilson, businessman
Considering running
• Bob Fioretti, former alderman (2nd) (2007-2015) • La Shawn Ford, state representative, D-Chicago
• Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Cook County Board commissioner, Democratic nominee for U.S. House (4th)
• Susana Mendoza, Illinois comptroller, former
Chicago city clerk (2011-2016)
• Ricardo Munoz, alderman (22nd)
• Maria Pappas, Cook County treasurer
• Ameya Pawar, alderman (47th)
• Mike Quigley, U.S. representative (5th)
• Roderick Sawyer, alderman (6th)
• Kurt Summers, Chicago city treasurer
• Tom Tunney, alderman (44th)
Potential candidates
• Leslie Hairston, alderman (5th)
• Raymond Lopez, alderman (15th)
• Proco Joe Moreno, alderman (1st)
• Michael Sacks, chairman and CEO of Chicagobased Grosvenor Capital Management
• Scott Waguespack, alderman (32nd)