14 people have filed to run for mayor of Chicago

 MOST OF THEM ARE INCOMPETENT

Cheap Stunt

Judge tosses suit seeking to force Giannoulias, Quigley, Pappas to choose between re-election or mayoral bid

Mayoral challenger William J. Quinlan filed the lawsuit to force three mayoral challengers to make a choice: either seek re-election to their current offices or file nominating petitions for mayor. If they tried to do both, they would risk being thrown off the ballot for both offices.
By Fran Spielman
Oct 14, 2026, 4:00pm CDT




William J. Quinlan speaks during a news conference at the Daley Center in 2024. Behind him is then-Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez. Quinlan, who has announced his candidacy for mayor, recently filed a lawsuit to force three mayoral candidates to choose between re-election or their mayoral

This is capable leadership

Mayoral candidate John Kelly vows to use lobbyist clout to block Amtrak move to Bridgeport
Kelly made the promise while showcasing his political candor to an audience of movers and shakers at the City Club of Chicago Thursday.
By Fran Spielman





Lobbyist John Kelly, a candidate in the 2027 mayoral race, wants to help Bridgeport residents keep Amtrak from building a railyard in their neighborhood.


Mayoral challenger John Kelly on Thursday promised Bridgeport politicians and their constituents to use the clout he has built as White Sox lobbyist and Jerry Reinsdorf’s business partner to “stop Amtrak from coming into your neighborhood.”

Kelly made the promise while showcasing his political candor to an audience of movers and shakers at

Mostly, just a pack of idiots.....but there are a few good ones

Who's vying to be mayor of Chicago? Here's a look at the roster of candidates so far.
For now, 12 candidates are vying for the job and circulating nominating petitions in hopes of gathering the required 12,500 signatures to secure a place on the ballot. Candidates have until Oct. 26 to file their nominating petitions.
By Fran Spielman
Sept 13, 2026, 10:00am CDT




(Clockwise from top left) Mayor Brandon Johnson, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, Comptroller

Willie Wilson is running for Mayor of Chicago

 

Yawn

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces campaign for Chicago mayor

By

Adam Harrington

Updated on: August 2, 2026 / 1:01 PM CDT / CBS Chicago





simply full of shit, most of the time


Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias officially announced his campaign for mayor of Chicago on Sunday.

Giannoulias' team said his campaign would be "centered on restoring confidence and competence in

John Kelly is running for mayor of Chicago

 
not an idiot, running for the right reasons 

 This is a candidate to watch

I just listened to Tom Dart on WLS Radio

 

Why is this man not the mayor of Chicago? I can think of nobody more honest and capable than Sheriff Dart. Maybe next time.

Maybe it's real, maybe it's just bs, time will tell

Johnson unveils ‘blueprint to transform’ Chicago, revealing ‘how we will govern’
The mayor called the 223-page document the “foundation for how we will lead our city well into the future.” It’s loaded with ambitious, politically explosive ideas.
By Fran Spielman




Surrounded by members of his transition committee and supporters, Mayor Brandon Johnson discusses the newly released Mayor’s Transition Committee Report Thursday during a news conference at Greater Harvest Baptist Church.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday released a 223-page transition report that will serve as his road map over the next four years and a measuring stick for his critics if he gets lost along the way.

The title of the report is as lofty as the soaring rhetoric that comes from the preacher’s son now occupying the mayor’s office on the fifth floor of City Hall. It’s called, “Building Bridges and Growing the Soul of Chicago: A Blueprint for Creating a more Just and Vibrant City for All.”

Johnson seems to still be running for mayor instead of being the mayor

Johnson vows to ‘rebuild the social contract’ with Black Chicago, complete memorial to Burge torture victims
“Under my watch, we will make sure that the brutal history of police brutality is fully addressed,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said Friday before the Juneteenth flag was raised in Daley Plaza.
By Fran Spielman




Mayor Brandon Johnson pledged Friday to erect a permanent memorial to Jon Burge torture victims at a Juneteenth flag-raising in Daley Plaza.

Mayor Brandon Johnson promised Friday to “rebuild the social contract” with Black Chicago, beginning with the actual building of a permanent memorial to former Police Commander Jon Burge torture victims that was promised in 2015.

Evidently, there were problems in Paradise

Johnson’s City Council floor leader portrays Lightfoot as sore loser undermining smooth transition “Mayor Lightfoot, in her final days, really worked to harm this incoming administration. It’s sad. It’s unfortunate. But we now have to come together as a city and clean up the mess that she left us,” Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, the mayor’s City Council floor leader, told the Sun-Times.
By Fran Spielman




Chicago’s new mayor, Brandon Johnson, hugs his predecessor, Lori Lightfoot, at his inauguration on Monday.

Lori Lightfoot was described Thursday as a sore loser whose “wholly inappropriate” decision to sign 10 executive orders on her final workday in office has forced Mayor Brandon Johnson to “clean up the mess.”

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th), Johnson’s City Council floor leader and hand-picked Zoning Committee chair, said the first elected Chicago mayor in 40 years to be denied a second term had no business issuing any executive orders on her way out the door, let alone 10.

Yes, he is grateful

Mayor Brandon Johnson assures asylum-seekers Chicago will embrace them
The new mayor met with several immigrants staying at the 12th District police station, telling them he was ‘grateful’ they were here and assuring them that ‘we are going to do everything we can to make this home for you.’
By Emmanuel Camarillo




Mayor Brandon Johnson meets migrants staying at the 12th District police station at 1412 S. Blue Island Ave. on the near west side on Tuesday.


Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Brandon Johnson spent part of his first full day as mayor Tuesday visiting asylum-seekers who have been sleeping on the floor of the 12th District police station and others staying at a temporary shelter in Little Village, saying he needed to see the crisis “first-hand.”

Mayor Johnson compares the murder of a police officer to the lawful police shooting of an armed punk!

 

 

Mayor Johnson is advised against glorifying criminals. If he continues to do that, he will be the mayor of nothing as opposed to being the mayor of something.

Chicago's new mayor compares cop's murder with death of armed teen shot by police!

Democrat Brandon Johnson made the comparison during his Monday inauguration speech

Political analyst Gianno Caldwell had 'Breakfast with Friends' at Rosie's Home Cookin' in Naperville, Illinois, to discuss residents' sentiment surrounding Johnson's leadership. 

Mayor Johnson Swearing In

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Good Luck Mayor Johnson. Everyone wishes you the best.

 
Brandon D. Johnson, Mayor of Chicago

Don't let the door hit you

As she exits office, Mayor Lori DuSable Beetlejuice signs string of executive orders...
By Gregory Pratt and Alice Yin
Chicago Tribune
•May 12, 2023 at 6:29 pm




Chicago Mayor Lori DuSable Beetlejuice shakes hands with supporters as she exits City Hall on her final day in office on May 12, 2023. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)


Outgoing Mayor Lori DuSable Beetlejuice used her last weekday as the city’s chief executive to issue a flurry of orders aimed at cementing some of her key initiatives that could force her successor to stay the course on some of her spending plans.

The executive orders that will be inherited Monday by Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson span subjects from replenishing city pension funds to burnishing immigrant rights.

He is going to be meeting with the elite of the elite, don't you know

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson to meet with elite Democratic donors in North Carolina
Brandon Johnson on Tuesday will be in Charlotte to speak to the Democracy Alliance. Wednesday, in Washington he will meet with the Illinois congressional delegation and other federal officials.
By Lynn Sweet
May 4, 2023, 9:48pm CDT




Brandon Johnson waves to a supporter after speaking at his election-night party at the Marriott Marquis Chicago after defeating Paul Vallas in the mayoral runoff election, Tuesday, April 4, 2023.

WASHINGTON — In his first trip since being elected, Brandon Johnson, the incoming Chicago mayor, on Tuesday travels to North Carolina to speak to a national network of high-net-worth Democratic donors, the Sun-Times has learned.

This is going to get ugly

Accused of bilking Vallas campaign out of $680,000, consultant says allegations are ‘shameful and unfounded’

“In the end, the voters were right,” consultant Chimaobi Enyia said Monday. “Paul Vallas did not deserve to be the mayor of the city of Chicago.”
By Tom Schuba and Fran Spielman
Apr 24, 2023, 4:52pm CDT




Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas campaign buttons and signs sit on a table at Vallas’ election night party at Recess, 838 W. Kinzie St. Feb. 28.

A political consultant who was sued last week for allegedly defrauding Paul Vallas’ mayoral campaign out of hundreds of thousands of dollars threatened Monday to file a defamation lawsuit against the failed candidate he once counted as a close associate.

Shocking......WTF happened behind the scenes of this campaign?

Vallas sues consultant who allegedly defrauded campaign out of $680,000
Chimaobi Enyia, hired to get out the vote in Black communities, is accused of being paid for work he refused to give an accounting of or return the money when confronted by mayoral candidate Paul Vallas.
By Tom Schuba and Fran Spielman




Former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas, pictured at a March 3 news conference, sued a consultant for allegedly bilking his campaign out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Former mayoral candidate Paul Vallas filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing a consultant of defrauding his campaign out of hundreds of thousands of dollars that he allegedly falsely claimed was spent on get-out-the-vote efforts in Black communities which the former public schools chief ultimately lost.

Mayor's Race

 

Mayor Elect Johnson

 

The voters have spoken and the man has earned the chance to lead our city. Let's give him that. He is an improvement over Beetlejuice, that is for sure.

I sincerely wish him the very best.