Chicago mayoral election, 2019

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Incumbent Mayor

Rahm Emanuel


An election for Mayor of Chicago is scheduled to be held on February 26, 2019. The election is officially nonpartisan, and the winner will be elected to a four-year term. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, a runoff election will be held on April 2, 2019.

Mayor of Chicago

The Mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States. The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of various city departments, submits proposals and recommendations to the Chicago City Council, is active in the enforcement of the city's ordinances, submits the city's annual budget and appoints city officers, department commissioners or directors, and members of city boards and commissions.

Nonpartisanism is a lack of affiliation with, and a lack of bias toward, a political party.

Contents

Incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel is not running for a third term. [1] Emanuel was first elected in 2011 (winning in the first round with 55.19% of the vote) and reelected in 2015 (receiving 55.7% of the vote in the runoff election).

Rahm Emanuel 44th Mayor of Chicago

Rahm Israel Emanuel is an American politician serving as the 44th mayor of Chicago since 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 23rd White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Chicago between 2002 and 2009.

Candidates

In order to be listed on the ballot, candidates were required to submit petitions between November 19 and November 26. [2] [3]

Any certified candidate (those whose petitions have been certified by the Board of Elections) may have their nomination papers challenged up until December 1. [3] Those candidates with properly-filed challenges against their petitions will have their candidature subjected to hearings and procedures which will to assess the validity of their petitions. [3] If any candidate fails to file a statement of economic interests within five days of having their petition certified, then their certification will be revoked. [3]

The deadline to file a notarized declaration of intent to be a write–in candidate is December 27, 2018. [4] [3] An exception to the December 27 deadline for write-in candidates to file their declaration of intent exists for circumstances in which a candidate's lost their certification after the December 27 deadline due to the outcome of a challenge to their petitions (candidates in this circumstance are granted until February 19 to file a notarized declaration of intent to run as a write-in candidate). [3]

Certified candidates (those whose petitions have been certified by the Board of Elections) will be permitted to have their name removed from the ballot if they officially withdraw any time before December 20, 2018 (the date upon which the list of certified candidates will become final). [4] [3] Even if they informally "withdraw" by ceasing to campaign, all certified candidates that do not file to formally withdraw before December 20 deadline will have their names listed on the ballot regardless of whether they are still active contenders. [4] However, after December 20 candidates may still file to officially withdraw, an action which would instruct the Board of Elections to deem all votes for the candidates as "invalid" when tallying votes. [3]

Declared

Submitted petitions, pending certification

The following candidates have submitted petitions to register their candidacies, which are currently pending certification: [5] [6]

Did not submit petitions

The following declared candidates did not submit petitions for their candidacies. However, they have not yet withdrawn, meaning that they might run as write-in candidates:

Withdrawn

The following section lists previously-declared candidates who have terminated their candidacies. Unless otherwise indicated, these candidates did not submit petitions.

Withdrew during filing period for petitions

The following candidate withdrew from the during the filing period for candidate petitions:

Withdrew prior to filing period for petitions

The following candidates withdrew from the race prior to the start of the filing period for candidate petitions:

Declined

Endorsements

Gery Chico
Amara Eniya
LaShawn Ford
Lori Lightfoot
Garry McCarthy
Toni Preckwinkle
Paul Vallas

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2018
Candidate (party)Total receiptsTotal disbursementsCash on hand
Bill Daley$2,300,000.00$435,000.00$1,865,000.00
Gery Chico$1,000,000.00$294,000.00$706,000.00
Lori Lightfoot$828,000.00$265,000.00$563,000.00
Garry McCarthy$745,000.00$478,000.00$267,000.00
Paul Vallas$700,000.00$153,000.00$547,000.00
Susana Mendoza$679,587.00--
Willie Wilson$665,000.00$200,000.00$465,000.00
Toni Preckwinkle$475,000.00$159,000.00$316,000.00
Amara Enyia$200,000.00--
Dorothy Brown$75,303.00$25,303.00$60,000.00
Neal Sales-Griffin$18,350.00--
LaShawn Ford$16,500.00$4,500.00$12,000.00
Troy LaRaviere$14,162.00--
Ja'Mal Green$13,750.00--
[111]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Bill
Daley		Chuy
Garcia		Luis
Gutierrez		Jerry
Joyce		Lori
Lightfoot		Valerie
Jarrett		Garry
McCarthy		Susana
Mendoza		Rick
Munoz		Toni
Preckwinkle		Kurt
Summers		Paul
Vallas		Willie
Wilson		OtherUndecided
Global Strategy Group [112] [113] November, 8-11-±4.0%16%-----8%24%-19%-7%9%--
Global Strategy Group [114] November, 8-11-±4.0%9%-----7%13%-15%-6%8%--
Raba Research [115] September 10-±4.0%-- 21%-10%-18%--16%4%10%-7%15%
PPP, Toni Preckwinkle (D) [116] September 9600±4.9%------13%--25%-16%10%-19%
We Ask AmericaSeptember 41,128±3.0%1.8%3.9%-3.2%9.6%6.6%16.8%1.4%1.4%4.6%-10.1%15.1%8.7%16.8%

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