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Steely Dan · #**1301** Posted **Nov 13, 2018, 8:33 PM**

here's the current list of the 16 declared mayoral candidates:

Dorothy Brown

Gery Chico

Bill Daley

Amara Enyia

La Shawn Ford

Ja'Mal Green

Jerry Joyce

William Kelly

John Kozlar

Lori Lightfoot

Garry McCarthy

Toni Preckwinkle

Neal Sales-Griffin

Paul Vallas

William 'Dock' Walls

Willie Wilson

the urban politician · #**1302** Posted **Nov 13, 2018, 10:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

here's the current list of the 16 declared mayoral candidates:

Dorothy Brown

Gery Chico

Bill Daley

Amara Enyia

La Shawn Ford

Ja'Mal Green

Jerry Joyce

William Kelly

John Kozlar

Lori Lightfoot

Garry McCarthy

Toni Preckwinkle

Neal Sales-Griffin

Paul Vallas

William 'Dock' Walls

Willie Wilson

^ There's my guy! Save the best for last

LouisVanDerWright · #**1303** Posted **Nov 13, 2018, 11:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

^ There's my guy! Save the best for last

I'll vote for him if he gives me a handful of cash!

Tom In Chicago · #**1304** Posted **Nov 13, 2018, 11:32 PM**

The answer is Bill Daley. . .

. . .

lakeshoredrive · #**1305** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 6:24 AM**

Will there be a debate soon?

SIGSEGV · #**1306** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 12:24 PM**

Mendoza is throwing her hat in we well. Shocker.

tjp · #**1307** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 3:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV

Mendoza is throwing her hat in we well. Shocker.

My impression of Mendoza is that she’s pragmatic and has been a competent comptroller. I’ve heard her candidacy characterised as “Rahm’s third term,” which is obviously meant to be a criticism but makes me more comfortable...

moorhosj · #**1308** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 3:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tom In Chicago

The answer is Bill Daley. . .

. . .

I'm scared to ask what the question is.

It's certainly not "Who will be the next mayor?"

Steely Dan · #**1309** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 3:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV

Mendoza is throwing her hat in we well. Shocker.

and we're back up to 17.

Dorothy Brown

Gery Chico

Bill Daley

Amara Enyia

La Shawn Ford

Ja'Mal Green

Jerry Joyce

William Kelly

John Kozlar

Lori Lightfoot

Garry McCarthy

Susana Mendoza

Toni Preckwinkle

Neal Sales-Griffin

Paul Vallas

William 'Dock' Walls

Willie Wilson

Vlajos · #**1310** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 3:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by tjp

My impression of Mendoza is that she’s pragmatic and has been a competent comptroller. I’ve heard her candidacy characterised as “Rahm’s third term,” which is obviously meant to be a criticism but makes me more comfortable...

She is probably my top choice now for the reason you have outlined.

sentinel · #**1311** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 3:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tom In Chicago

The answer is Bill Daley. . .

. . .

Umm...

Anyway, I don't really like anyone on the list, with the exception of Mendoza. Preckwinkle is a distant second, and I like Amara Enyia simply to have new blood and new ideas in the mix. Daley, Vallas, Chico, Brown and Wilson can go pound sand. McCarthy is a joke and should be embarrassed he's even running. And DEFINITELYNo.More.Daleys.

moorhosj · #**1312** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 5:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by sentinel

Umm...

Anyway, I don't really like anyone on the list, with the exception of Mendoza. Preckwinkle is a distant second, and I like Amara Enyia simply to have new blood and new ideas in the mix. Daley, Vallas, Chico, Brown and Wilson can go pound sand. McCarthy is a joke and should be embarrassed he's even running. And DEFINITELYNo.More.Daleys.

Interestingly, Mendoza outperformed Preckwinkle with Chicago voters (and Preckwinkle was unopposed).

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They show that Mendoza beat Toni Preckwinkle in the County Board president’s home 4th Ward by 734 votes and out-performed Preckwinkle in all of the city’s African-American wards.

That’s even though Preckwinkle was unopposed and Mendoza faced Republican Darlene Senger. Mendoza also beat Preckwinkle’s citywide showing by 22,239 votes.

Steely Dan · #**1313** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 5:39 PM**

toni's pop tax debacle really damaged her brand in the eyes of joe six-pack.

i doubt that she'll be the next mayor of chicago.

Tom In Chicago · #**1314** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 5:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by sentinel

Umm...

Anyway, I don't really like anyone on the list, with the exception of Mendoza. Preckwinkle is a distant second, and I like Amara Enyia simply to have new blood and new ideas in the mix. Daley, Vallas, Chico, Brown and Wilson can go pound sand. McCarthy is a joke and should be embarrassed he's even running. And DEFINITELYNo.More.Daleys.

I like Mendoza and Preckwinkle but what are they going to do to attract money from outside the city. . . they're both local candidates with local reach. . . like Rahm, Daley seems to have a greater resources for keeping Chicago on the national/international stage. . .

. . .

the urban politician · #**1315** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 6:28 PM**

I think Willie Wilson can take Chicago to the next level

tjp · #**1316** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 6:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tom In Chicago

I like Mendoza and Preckwinkle but what are they going to do to attract money from outside the city. . . they're both local candidates with local reach. . . like Rahm, Daley seems to have a greater resources for keeping Chicago on the national/international stage. . .

. . .

Good point - we can probably thank Rahm’s DC connections for getting the red / purple line rebuild funded, along with several other projects I’m not thinking of.

SIGSEGV · #**1317** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 7:25 PM**

Mendoza seems like a badass to me: https://wgntv.com/2017/09/17/video-s...g-crash-scene/

Baronvonellis · #**1318** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 7:53 PM**

Yea, Willie Wilson is the Man!!! He placed 3rd in the last election, and ran for President too

ChickeNES · #**1319** Posted **Nov 15, 2018, 12:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by tjp

My impression of Mendoza is that she’s pragmatic and has been a competent comptroller. I’ve heard her candidacy characterised as “Rahm’s third term,” which is obviously meant to be a criticism but makes me more comfortable...

Sold!

lakeshoredrive · #**1320** Posted **Nov 15, 2018, 10:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by tjp

My impression of Mendoza is that she’s pragmatic and has been a competent comptroller. I’ve heard her candidacy characterised as “Rahm’s third term,” which is obviously meant to be a criticism but makes me more comfortable...

Ever since she announced her candidacy, I did some research on her and I am very impressed. She's a solid public servant who have almost 20 years of experience under her belt and I am impressed by what she and her comptroller department did in the last two years. It is very impressive how she and her team addressed the budget issue hardcore and increased transparency. I think she can definitely build on Rahm's progress by continuing to reduce the deficit and bring her expertise from the comptroller office to the mayor office as a fiscal watchdog. In my opinion, her biggest challenge is to overcome the Daley name recognition. I think she can.