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Mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle talks with Richard Brown while leaving a rally at the People's Church of the Harvest on March 31, 2019, in Chicago.

Mayoral candidates Toni Preckwinkle and Lori Lightfoot fan out across Chicago in final push for votes

May 12, 2019 at 1:45 p.m.

Chicago mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle capped a final weekend of campaigning by fanning out across the city to reach voters everywhere from behind a bar in South...

The Rev. Al Sharpton touched on historical and political issues, including the recent case of Jussie Smollett, during a visit to Rainbow/PUSH Coalition on Saturday.

Rev. Al Sharpton defends Kim Foxx on Jussie Smollett case by hammering Mayor Emanuel on Laquan McDonald shooting

May 15, 2019 at 5:38 p.m.

The Rev. Al Sharpton portrayed Mayor Rahm Emanuel as a hypocrite Saturday for criticizing Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling of the Jussie Smollett case when the mayor long...

Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot, left, shakes hands with the Rev. Jesse Jackson after a brief speech at Rainbow/PUSH Coalition on March 30, 2019.

At Rev. Jesse Jackson’s request, Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle agree to post-election unity event

May 15, 2019 at 5:38 p.m.

At the behest of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Chicago mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle on Saturday signed a pledge to hold a unity news conference the morning following...

From left, Amara Enyia, LaShawn K. Ford, Gery Chico, and Ja'Mal Green, listen in as Lori Lightfoot speaks at a Chicago mayoral candidates forum at the Copernicus Center on Chicago's Northwest Side on Dec. 11, 2018.

How Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot shakes ‘wealthy corporate lawyer’ label on the campaign trail

May 12, 2019 at 1:44 p.m.

Seated in an office high above State Street, Lori Lightfoot had just started to make her final remarks during a small business forum when two young African-American women stood up...

Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle appears with supporters, Feb. 26, 2019, at Lake Shore Cafe in the Kenwood neighborhood.

How Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle fights ‘political machine’ narrative on the campaign trail

May 12, 2019 at 1:44 p.m.

Under the bright lights of a television debate stage, a rigid Toni Preckwinkle stood behind a lectern and faced yet another version of the top question that has loomed over...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at John T. Pirie Elementary School Fine Arts and Academic Center in Chicago on March 22, 2019.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel-aligned PAC is spending to help aldermanic allies in campaign’s final days

May 12, 2019 at 1:44 p.m.

A political action committee aligned with Mayor Rahm Emanuel is spending money in the closing days of the city election campaign to buy ads supporting aldermanic candidates close to the...

Chicago mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot, left, and Toni Preckwinkle, shown during a WTTW-Ch. 11 forum on March 21, 2019, are working to shore up their support in higher-turnout majority-white wards.

How Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle are courting the white voters who didn’t support them in February

May 15, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

Earlier this month, Lori Lightfoot stood outside a historic Chicago fire station with the city’s two most conservative aldermen, Nick Sposato and Anthony Napolitano, as she accepted the backing of...

Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot speaks to campaign volunteers March 24, 2019 in Uptown.

Lori Lightfoot floats tax on high-end law, accounting firms to help plug Chicago’s budget hole

May 15, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot on Sunday floated the idea of taxing large law and accounting firms to help shore up City Hall finances. The next mayor will have to...

Toni Preckwinkle, left, and Lori Lightfoot greet attendees at the conclusion of a mayoral candidates forum at Malcolm X College on March 19, 2019, in Chicago.

Racial politics heat up in Chicago mayor’s race with Lori Lightfoot under attack at Toni Preckwinkle rally

May 12, 2019 at 1:44 p.m.

Much of Chicago’s African-American political establishment united around mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle at a raucous South Side campaign rally Saturday that aimed to convince the city’s black voters that her...

How mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle have ducked details on Chicago’s financial woes

May 15, 2019 at 5:36 p.m.

Chicagoans have started early voting to choose their next mayor, but they’re doing so with very little insight into how either Toni Preckwinkle or Lori Lightfoot will take on the...

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