Author: Amee LaTour

Former Chicago Police Board President Lori Lightfoot defeated Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle in Chicago’s mayoral runoff election Tuesday. With 66 percent of precincts reporting, Lightfoot received 74 percent of the vote to Preckwinkle’s 26 percent.   Lightfoot was president of the Chicago Police Board from 2015 to 2018. She also chaired…

Dallas, the nation’s ninth-largest city by population, will hold elections for mayor and city council on May 4, 2019. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in a race on May 4, a runoff will be held on June 8, 2019.   Current Mayor Mike Rawlings, in office since 2011, is prevented by…

On Wednesday, the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) Chicago District Council PAC contributed $500,000 to Lori Lightfoot’s campaign. That made unions the largest contributors to both candidates in the mayoral runoff race, which takes place April 2.   Toni Preckwinkle’s largest contributors are committees associated with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). The…

Chicago voters have the opportunity to cast ballots in the second mayoral runoff election in the city’s history on April 2.   This year’s mayoral runoff features former Chicago Police Board President Lori Lightfoot and Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle. The two advanced from a 14-candidate field—the largest in the city’s history—by…

Former Chicago Police Board President Lori Lightfoot and Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle were the top two vote-getters among a 14-candidate field for Chicago mayor on Feb. 26. They face each other in a runoff on April 2.   One major issue where the candidates’ positions differ is ethics reform.   Candidates…

Willie Wilson, who was part of the initial 14-candidate field in Chicago’s mayoral race, endorsed Lori Lightfoot on Friday. Lightfoot faces Toni Preckwinkle in an April 2 runoff election. Wilson placed fourth in the Feb. 26 general election with 10.6 percent of the vote. Lightfoot received 17.5 percent to Preckwinkle’s 16 percent. Wilson received more…

Last Tuesday, Chicagoans cast ballots for mayor, city treasurer, city clerk, and all 50 seats on the city council. Here’s where the council races stood as of 11 am CT on March 4:   There will be at least 13 council runoff elections on April 2, as no candidate received more than 50 percent of…

On Tuesday, Chicago voters will cast ballots for mayor, city treasurer, city clerk, and all 50 seats on the city council. Any race in which no candidate receives a majority of the vote will go to a runoff on April 2. The elections are nonpartisan.   Fourteen candidates are running for mayor. Incumbent Rahm Emanuel…

Incumbent Sophia King faces Ebony Lucas in the election for the 4th Ward seat on Chicago’s City Council Tuesday. Both King and Lucas filled out Ballotpedia’s Chicago 2019 candidate survey, which was developed with input from more than 100 Chicagoans in the months preceding the 2019 election.   King was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel…