CHICAGO — A former CPS CEO, Paul Vallas has spent most of his career working in education, although he has centered public safety and crime reduction in his current mayoral campaign.
Vallas has received an endorsement from the Fraternal Order of Police, the city’s biggest police union, and previously worked for the union during its most recent contract negotiation.
Vallas ran for mayor in 2019, but he placed ninth and did not make the runoff. He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2002 and lieutenant governor in 2014 as Pat Quinn’s running mate.
Vallas has also led school systems in New Orleans, Philadelphia and Connecticut. He has been a longtime advocate for school choice.
Vallas has had a strong showing in the most recent polling, and he has $1.14 million in the bank, according to the most recent campaign disclosures.
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