2023 Chicago Mayoral/Aldermanic Elections

[kwabbit]

Shameful that Chicago humanitarian and businessman Willie Wilson didn't make it to the runoff. 

Crap, the $100 I put down for Willie to win outright in the first round didn’t pan out.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Shameful that Chicago humanitarian and businessman Willie Wilson didn't make it to the runoff. 

Crap, the $100 I put down for Willie to win outright in the first round didn’t pan out.

Frankly, we did win this election.

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/nick_field90/status/1630745940205137921?s=20

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Wow Vallas sucks. Didn't research him until now.

Still good riddance Lightfoot!

Brandon Johnson uses the word 'Latinx' on his website.

Dammit then I wish Garcia was making the runoff.

[JM1295]

Can Garcia still run for reelection for his house seat though? It'd suck to see him be out of elected office entirely.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Can Garcia still run for reelection for his house seat though? It'd suck to see him be out of elected office entirely.

I don't know why he couldn't.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Wow Vallas sucks. Didn't research him until now.

Still good riddance Lightfoot!

Brandon Johnson uses the word 'Latinx' on his website.

Dammit then I wish Garcia was making the runoff.

Chicago is such a godless city, it refused to vote for a guy literally named Jesus.

[John Forbes Kerrygold 🧈]

Yeah Lightfoot is done and Vallas-Johnson is a forgone conclusion. Chicago gets a real choice now which I think is only a good thing.

[Born to Slay. Forced to Work.]

Can Garcia still run for reelection for his house seat though? It'd suck to see him be out of elected office entirely.

Yes, he didn’t resign or anything and the next house election is next year.

[TML]

Wow Vallas sucks. Didn't research him until now.

Still good riddance Lightfoot!

Brandon Johnson uses the word 'Latinx' on his website.

Dammit then I wish Garcia was making the runoff.

Chicago is such a godless city, it refused to vote for a guy literally named Jesus.

But in this case, the name "Jesus" would be the Spanish equivalent of the English name "Joshua."

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Wow Vallas sucks. Didn't research him until now.

Still good riddance Lightfoot!

Brandon Johnson uses the word 'Latinx' on his website.

Dammit then I wish Garcia was making the runoff.

Chicago is such a godless city, it refused to vote for a guy literally named Jesus.

But in this case, the name "Jesus" would be the Spanish equivalent of the English name "Joshua."

They have the same root, but the name Jesús is the Spanish equivalent of…Jesus. We just don’t name our kids Jesus in English. The more direct equivalent of Joshua is Josué.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Wow Vallas sucks. Didn't research him until now.

Still good riddance Lightfoot!

Brandon Johnson uses the word 'Latinx' on his website.

Dammit then I wish Garcia was making the runoff.

Chicago is such a godless city, it refused to vote for a guy literally named Jesus.

But in this case, the name "Jesus" would be the Spanish equivalent of the English name "Joshua."

Oh, I remember Chuy Garcia being nicknamed "Jesus" and piggybacking off that to make a joke.

[JMT]

https://twitter.com/redistrict/status/1630750811390201858?s=46&t=YaBaoD-mpzT...

[Pres Mike]

Just checked out the campaign website for Paul Vallas and I gotta say, I like the guy. I appreciate a law/order guy and a education guy.

[Mr. Illini]

Lori Lightfoot carried all 50 wards in her 2019 victory. What a downfall. She did it to herself.

[Gracile]

Can Garcia still run for reelection for his house seat though? It'd suck to see him be out of elected office entirely.

I don't know why he couldn't.

I'm assuming they were wondering if Garcia will retire after this term, which I suppose is possible given that he was willing to make the jump for mayor in the first place.

[kwabbit]

I think the runoff starts as a tossup. Vallas is starting pretty high up, given that’ll he’ll be 34-35% of the vote. He should stand to capture a large chunk of Willie Wilson voters, more moderate Lightfoot voters, more conservative Hispanic voters who voted for Chuy because he was the Hispanic option, and some of the lesser candidates. I think he’s closer to Eric Adams’ position than Caruso’s.

[Suburbia]

Lori is gone.

Bitter end for her career politically, she may want to come back in 2027....

[Clarko95 📚💰📈]

The worst scenario, basically pick your poison

[Suburbia]

Just checked out the campaign website for Paul Vallas and I gotta say, I like the guy. I appreciate a law/order guy and a education guy.

You sure about that? Vallas is seen as too pro-police, a Giuliani 2.0 or an tragic accident waiting to happen

[Pres Mike]

Lori is gone.

Bitter end for her career politically, she may want to come back in 2027....

She is the incumbent mayor and came in third place. Only 16%. This is unheard of in modern times. Its clear the city is sick of her

[Green Line]

One candidate wants to defund the police, tax metra riders, tax financial transactions (killing LaSalle St), implement a city income tax.  The other wants to hire more police officers.  What a dilemma!!!

[Pres Mike]

Just checked out the campaign website for Paul Vallas and I gotta say, I like the guy. I appreciate a law/order guy and a education guy.

You sure about that? Vallas is seen as too pro-police, a Giuliani 2.0 or an tragic accident waiting to happen

Yes. Chicago has a serious crime problem. It had one before the nationwide crime surge, which made things even worst. Neighborhoods that aren't use to crime now have crime.

I am a teacher several states away. Chicago schools are known as the scariest place to work.

We need discipline in our schools and in our streets. If Chicago of all places elects him mayor, it shows what the people want

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

#CantMaliceTheVallas

[GALeftist]

Let's Go Brandon! I'm tired of these Republicans cynically switching parties to attempt to sneak their conservative policies by the voters. We've tried this with Eric Adams in NYC and, lo and behold, the city isn't any better, it just has a complete clown at the helm.