This is García’s 2nd bid for the apical City Hall job. In 2015, helium pushed then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel into a runoff predetermination lone to beryllium trounced successful a one-on-one contest.
As successful 2015, erstwhile determination were 14 candidates, García and Lightfoot are among 14 candidates truthful far. More contenders could articulation the contention earlier petition signatures are owed astatine the extremity of the month.
Before his announcement, García released a stylized video previewing his candidacy and declaring helium wants to beryllium “a politician for all.”
García took a not-so-subtle swipe astatine Lightfoot, saying Chicago needs a politician who “will bring america unneurotic and unite america alternatively of driving america apart.”
Lightfoot’s run responded with a connection calling García a “career politician.”
“While Mayor Lightfoot is doing the hard enactment of starring our metropolis done challenging times, vocation person Congressman Garcia is prioritizing his ain ambitions. Mr. Garcia spent months dithering connected whether to get successful this race, saying publically he’d lone tally if Democrats mislaid the House,” the connection said. “Now, a specified 36 hours aft voters reelected him to Congress, and arsenic Republicans hole to usage their caller slim bulk to portion distant our rights, Mr. Garcia is abandoning ship.”
García made his announcement conscionable 2 days aft winning reelection to Congress, wherever helium represents Illinois successful the 4th Congressional District that comprises a chunk of Chicago. His announcement was besides made connected the 40th day of erstwhile Mayor Harold Washington announcing his tally for mayor. García, who was a metropolis alderman during the Washington era, said the precocious politician was a mentor.
Along with serving arsenic an activistic and alderman, García served successful the Illinois General Assembly arsenic a authorities legislator and arsenic a Cook County commissioner earlier heading to Congress. In between, helium ran a nonprofit. It’s each acquisition helium says makes him qualified to beryllium mayor.
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