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Chance the Rapper, left, stands next to Kanye West as they attend a rally with mayoral candidate Amara Enyia, center, near 63rd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood Oct. 23, 2018, in Chicago.

Amara Enyia explains how she got Kanye West’s backing for Chicago mayor and addresses his support for Trump

May 15, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

Mayoral hopeful Amara Enyia began navigating the political waves around her latest celebrity endorsement from Kanye West on Tuesday, emphasizing the entertainment star’s agreement with her on key issues facing...

Rapper Kanye West, left, sports a Make America Great Again cap during an Oct. 11, 2018, visit with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House.

Kanye West gives $73K to Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia, who is backed by Chance the Rapper

May 15, 2019 at 5:13 p.m.

When Chance the Rapper endorsed little-known candidate Amara Enyia for Chicago mayor last week, she had just $67.54 in her campaign bank account and faced tens of thousands of dollars...

Amy Rule, center, wife of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, stands after being singled out by the mayor during his final budget speech to the City Council on Oct. 17, 2018. CPS CEO Janice Jackson is at left.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s final budget speech: An exercise in legacy-building

May 15, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel made his final budget address Wednesday an exercise in legacy-building, casting himself as a responsible steward of the city’s finances who tackled difficult decisions head-on and placed...

Chance the Rapper appears at City Hall where he endorsed Amara Enyia for mayor of Chicago at a news conference on Oct. 16, 2018.

Chance the Rapper brings his star power to a long-shot campaign, backing Amara Enyia for Chicago mayor

May 15, 2019 at 5:12 p.m.

Chance the Rapper extended his social activism into the race for Chicago’s next mayor Tuesday, endorsing little-known candidate Amara Enyia amid the crowded field of 15 candidates running in the...

Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas presents a blueprint for Chicago's fiscal and economic future to the City Club of Chicago at Maggiano's Banquets in Chicago on Oct. 15, 2018.

Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas’ economic plan includes property tax hike, City Hall cuts and state help

May 15, 2019 at 5:11 p.m.

With City Hall facing a steep ramp-up in required pension payments over the coming years, mayoral candidate Paul Vallas unveiled an economic plan Monday that calls for $1.7 billion in...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, shown Oct. 10, 2018, at an event for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's regional vision, also attended a breakfast that day to thank City Council allies and issue checks to them to help with their re-election campaigns.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s breakfast surprise: $20,000 campaign checks for more than 2 dozen friendly aldermen

May 15, 2019 at 5:11 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel continued his “no friend gets left on the field” tour Wednesday, handing out $20,000 checks to more than two dozen City Council allies to help them get...

Bill Daley in Chicago on Sept. 14, 2018.

Bill Daley, Gery Chico quickly crank up fundraising in Chicago mayor race

May 15, 2019 at 5:10 p.m.

A little more than two weeks after entering the race for Chicago mayor, former corporate executive and political insider Bill Daley, and City Hall veteran and lobbyist Gery Chico have...

Mike Kozenko, left, and Joel Valdez prepare for the arrival of mayoral candidate Garry McCarthy in front of the closed Parkman School on the South Side on Sept. 13, 2018.

Fired cop with history of physical abuse pitched in on Garry McCarthy’s Chicago mayor campaign

May 15, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

A volunteer staffer who worked on Garry McCarthy’s mayoral campaign is a former Chicago police officer who was fired from the force after violating a protective order filed by a...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle prepares to announce her intention to run for mayor of Chicago in Hyde Park on Sept. 20, 2018.

‘I’m doing this because I can’: Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle launches run for Chicago mayor

May 15, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle walked into the sweltering banquet room in a Hyde Park hotel packed full of supporters Thursday afternoon to declare she’s running for Chicago mayor,...

El candidato a la alcaldía de Chicago, Gery Chico, en Pilsen, en 2011.

Gery Chico entra a la contienda por la Alcaldía de Chicago

December 12, 2018 at 5:04 p.m.

El abogado Gery Chico es el más reciente candidato de alto perfil en ingresar a la contienda por la alcaldía de Chicago, después que el alcalde Rahm Emanuel decidió no...

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