THE MAYORAL RACE: WHO’S IN
The 21 people who filed petitions to run for mayor of Chicago:
• Dorothy Brown, Cook County Circuit Court clerk
• Catherine Brown D’Tycoon
• Gery Chico, former chief of staff to Mayor Richard M. Daley, former CPS board president, former Chicago Park District board president
• Conrien Hykes Clark
• Bill Daley, Richard M. Daley’s brother, former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, former U.S. secretary of commerce
• Amara Enyia, director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce
• Bob Fioretti, former alderman (2nd) (20072015)
• La Shawn Ford, Illinois state representative
• Ja’Mal Green, activist in Chicago’s Black Lives Matter movement
• Jeremiah Joyce Jr., former assistant state’s attorney and son of a clout-heavy Chicago politico
• John Kozlar, two-time aldermanic candidate
• Lori Lightfoot, former president of Chicago Police Board, former U.S. attorney
• Sandra L. Mallory
• Richard Mayers
• Susana Mendoza, Illinois comptroller, former Chicago city clerk
• Garry McCarthy, former Chicago police superintendent
• Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board president, Cook County Democratic Party chair
• Neal Sales-Griffin, entrepreneur and educator
• Paul Vallas, former CPS CEO, former governor candidate
• Roger L. Washington
• Willie Wilson, businessman