What to know for Election Day – Chicago Tribune newstrendslive

Hello, Chicago.

It’s officially five weeks until the Election Day on Feb. 28, when Chicagoans will cast ballots for mayor, alderman, city treasurer, clerk, representatives on police district councils and local referendum questions.

So we’re launching a special edition of Daywatch focused on the election. Every Tuesday, we’ll help you navigate the candidates and educate you on the issues surrounding the races.

Today, we’re profiling each of the nine candidates for mayor and later this week we’ll be publishing a guide to early voting, which begins Thursday. Be sure to bookmark chicagotribune.com/elections for the latest.

The candidates also will be attending a number of forums this week:

On Thursday, there will be two forums featuring candidates for mayor: At 12:15 p.m., WCPT-FM is scheduled to host a forum at the Morningstar auditorium, 22 W. Washington St., and at 6 p.m. the People’s Unity Platform will host a candidate forum at the New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, 4301 W. Washington Blvd.
On Saturday at noon, the Chicago West Side branch of the NAACP will host a forum at the Kehrein Center for the Arts, 5628 W. Washington Blvd.

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Mayoral candidates, top row from left: State Rep. Kam Buckner, U.S. Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Ald. Sophia King, Ald. Roderick Sawyer. Bottom row, from left: Activist Ja'Mal Green, Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, businessman Willie Wilson. — Mayoral candidates, top row from left: State Rep. Kam Buckner, U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Ald. Sophia King, Ald. Roderick Sawyer. Bottom row, from left: Activist Ja’Mal Green, Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, businessman Willie Wilson. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

There are nine candidates running for Chicago mayor. Here’s what you need to know about each of them.

Mayoral candidates Mayor Lori Lightfoot, from left, U.S. Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson speak with members of the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board and staff at the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center on Jan. 23, 2023, in Chicago. — Mayoral candidates Mayor Lori Lightfoot, from left, U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson speak with members of the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board and staff at the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center on Jan. 23, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot launched a blistering series of attacks on two of her top challengers Monday, accusing Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson and his allies in the teachers union of bringing “chaos” to Chicago schools during her first term and re-upping assertions that U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García is a false reformer whose ties to indicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan undermine his claims he’ll be an independent mayor.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks with members of the media at 150 N. Michigan Ave., on Jan. 12, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

The Chicago Board of Ethics decided Monday more thorough investigations needed to be done before rendering judgment about whether Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s campaign violated local ethics rules when it solicited Chicago public schoolteachers to encourage students to help her reelection efforts.

Nine Chicago mayoral candidates get ready to begin their debate Jan. 19, 2023, at the ABC 7 TV studio in Chicago. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Chicago’s mayoral hopefuls took the gloves off during the first televised debate Thursday night, with candidates hitting each other with everything from accusations of plagiarism to lying about crime statistics.

Mayoral candidate U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García greets people as he arrives on Jan. 8, 2023, for a campaign event at Playas Nayaritas restaurant in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The city’s Latino community is a historically overlooked player in local politics but is expected to be important in the mayoral race, with U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García the perceived beneficiary. Despite making up roughly 30% of the city’s population, Chicago’s Latino voter turnout tends to be much smaller than that of Black and white residents.

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