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Ja'Mal Green smiles after submitting signed petitions in support of his candidacy for the office of mayor of Chicago at the Cook County Administration Building on Nov. 26, 2018.

It’s official: 21 candidates are running for Chicago mayor. How many will make the ballot?

May 15, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

The race to become Chicago’s next mayor is on its way to becoming one of the most crowded in the city’s history, as 21 candidates filed nominating petitions by Monday’s...

A chair marks "dibs" on a parking space in the 2600 block of North Francisco Avenue in Chicago on Feb. 10, 2018.

With flakes falling, Chicago mayoral candidates weigh in on ‘dibs’ parking practice

May 15, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

Proving that old Chicago adage “All politics is snowfall,” mayoral candidates on Monday staked out positions on the future legality of parking dibs if they get elected. Flakes were still...

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza, seen here on Nov. 15, 2018, and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, seen here on Nov. 14, 2018, met at a West Side union hall forum on Nov. 19.

Toni Preckwinkle, Susana Mendoza trade attacks over taxes, death penalty in first Chicago mayor forum

May 15, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and state Comptroller Susana Mendoza attacked each other’s political record Monday night, as the Chicago mayoral front-runners shared a stage for the first time....

On day one, four Chicago mayoral candidates turn in thousands of signatures to get on the ballot

May 15, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

It’s a tradition of Chicago political pageantry that happens every four years: a long line of aldermen, candidates who hope to replace them, lawyers and campaign staffers snakes through hallways...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle waits early in the morning with signed petitions to file for her candidacy to run for mayor of Chicago at the Chicago Board of Elections on Nov. 19, 2018.

Chicago’s race for mayor is headed for ballot bedlam. How many candidates will survive?

May 15, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

Chicago is in for ballot bedlam starting on Monday, when an anticipated 16 candidates for mayor will begin submitting the required nominating petitions to qualify for the Feb. 26 city...

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, shown making her election night victory speech, spent little time looking forward to another four years in that post.

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s announcement of Chicago mayoral run leads to barrage of political attacks

May 15, 2019 at 5:18 p.m.

Foreshadowing the bitter feud that is to come, state Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s entry into the Chicago mayor’s race Wednesday was greeted by an onslaught of attacks from opponents new and...

Susana A. Mendoza speaks on stage during a J.B. Pritzker and Juliana Stratton election night party at the Marriott Marquis in the South Loop neighborhood of Chicago on Nov. 6, 2018.

Eight days after winning comptroller election, Susana Mendoza announces run for Chicago mayor

May 15, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

Eight days after winning re-election as state comptroller, Susana Mendoza announced her bid for Chicago mayor on Wednesday to help shape “the next generation, not just the next four years.”...

Troy LaRaviere, shown in 2017, who is president of the Chicago principals association and a former Chicago Public Schools principal, was the first candidate to officially declare his bid for mayor.

Principals association President Troy LaRaviere drops out of Chicago mayor’s race

May 15, 2019 at 5:17 p.m.

Chicago principals association President Troy LaRaviere has ended his campaign for Chicago mayor, saying he has been unable to collect enough signatures to appear on the ballot. LaRaviere became the...

Ald. Anthony Beale, 9th, shown July 26, 2017, led a seven-year effort to get the U.S. Bank Pullman Community Center built on the Far South Side. The sports training facility was funded in large part by federal tax credits and through corporate contributions.

With help from Cubs, Bears and others, Chicago area’s largest indoor sports facility opens in Pullman on the Far South Side

May 15, 2019 at 5:16 p.m.

Several hundred people celebrated the opening Thursday of a new $20 million indoor sports training facility on Chicago’s Far South Side Pullman neighborhood, a building city officials touted as one...

Susana Mendoza celebrates her re-election as state comptroller during a Democratic election night party in Chicago on Nov. 6, 2018. On the heels of that victory, she must announce soon whether she's running for Chicago mayor.

Some Rahm Emanuel allies gravitate toward Susana Mendoza as she preps likely run for Chicago mayor

May 15, 2019 at 5:16 p.m.

Just a couple of hours after state Comptroller Susana Mendoza gave her campaign victory speech Tuesday night, some of her supporters and allies of Mayor Rahm Emanuel already were busy...

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