Noah Asimow

Lightfoot’s historic loss marks the first time since Jane Byrne’s loss to Harold Washington in 1983 that the city has not elected a sitting mayor who ran for reelection. 

Vallas and Johnson represent deeply opposite sides of Chicago's political spectrum. Johnson, backed by the Chicago Teachers Union, has pushed a more progressive agenda, while Vallas has pushed a tough-on-crime position.

A familiar face in Chicago politics, Vallas has centered his mayoral campaign on public safety, although he discussed schools and his family in a Monday conversation with Block Club.

In a conversation with Block Club, the first-term mayor trumpeted Invest South/West, the city's first casino, ending aldermanic prerogative and closing a budget deficit as she battles eight challengers for reelection.

In a conversation with Block Club, the Cook County commissioner said he has focused his progressive mayoral platform around large-scale social and economic programs, public safety and education.

In a conversation with Block Club, the 4th Ward alderwoman said she would hire more police officers, invest heavily in violence prevention and boost housing in neighborhoods with diminishing school enrollment. 

Valencia was appointed to the position in 2017 by then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel and elected to her first full term in 2019.

Conyears-Ervin, then a state representative, moved to the treasurer's office after winning a runoff in 2019.

In a conversation with Block Club, the 6th Ward alderman said he'd reform the city’s TIF system and Invest South/West program and intentionally focus on equity citywide. 

In an interview with Block Club, the state representative pledged not to raise taxes for most Chicagoans and he said he would implement stricter gun control measures and streamline the police budget.

The sharpest attacks of the night came when the candidates were asked about crime and policing, issues which are top of mind for some voters.

In a lively interview with Block Club, Green said he'd expand the city's tax base, would clean house in the Police Department and CTA and ban "the boot."

Eight candidates join Mayor Lori Lightfoot on the ballot, ranging from newcomers to familiar faces, covering the political spectrum from police reformers to tough-on-crime advocates.

Alderpeople hammered the public agency's top leader with scathing remarks on everything from its voucher sign-up process to complaints about building management. 

A Lightfoot campaign manager emailed teachers asking them to give extra credit to students who volunteer for the mayor's reelection.

Radio legend Brehmer, who spent more than 30 years on the air at WXRT, died Sunday from prostate cancer.

Brehmer, whose radio career included stints in New York and Minnesota, has been a familiar voice on WXRT since 1984, when he became the station's music director. 

The city rejected a permit for the rebranded General Iron metal scrapper to move from Lincoln Park to East Side. The shredder's parent company is appealing the decision.

Mayoral contenders traded barbs on policing, CPS and CTA as they made their pitch to lead City Hall.

“We have serious absenteeism that we have to deal with now,” Dorval Carter Jr. said. “I can’t fire employees. We don’t have enough employees as it is.”