# 2019 Chicago Mayoral Election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 11, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351 "2019-02-11T19:26:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/81 "2019-03-08T18:29:11Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > There’s plenty of reasons to detest Preckwinkle. Ramming through the soda tax 2 days after Trump was elected where there was no focus on local politics. The sales tax flip flop. She’s a puppet for the CTU. > > No thanks, the second I get my ballot, I’m voting Lightfoot. Oh, I’m voting Lori as well, but I’m one of the few I know who doesn’t seem to mind Preckwinkle. I didn’t particularly mind or care about the soda tax, but it was a politically stupid, stupid, stupid move, knowing how Chicago voters are when it comes to taxes. I mean, the neighborhood boards around here just fucking _blew up_ when that whole mess happened. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/82 "2019-03-09T16:10:17Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > :rolleyes:Yes, God forbid the Mayor should be in the pocket of those nefarious _schoolteachers!_ I have a kid in CPS, and Preckwinkle’s CTU endorsement is in my mind the #1 argument in her favor. > > Also, the soda tax was good public policy. The city desperately needs new revenue. If we can’t get it by taxing something that nobody actually needs to buy and that has negative effects on public health, how else are we supposed to get it? This “No taxes ever, but lots of free stuff!” mindset is exactly what got Chicago in the financial mess we are today. Most schoolteachers are wonderful people. The CTU, however, is despicable. I can almost guarantee you that if the CTU supports a position, I oppose it. One reason I didn’t vote for Lightfoot in the first election is her support for an elected school board. I strongly oppose an elected school board which will inevitably have a separate Election Day and end up full of CTU puppets. ---
**Author:** ![pjacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pjacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjacks)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/83 "2019-03-15T16:50:37Z")
Lightfoot, after a wave of endorsements from Willie Wilson, Gery Chico, Paul Vallas, several influential aldermen, and a bunch of labor unions, capped it all off with a Tribune endorsement today. Polling is sparse, but the only 3 polls since the preliminary election all show Lori with an over 40-point lead against Preckwinkle (!!!) For what it’s worth, my partner is a member of a NW side neighborhood facebook group filled with a bunch of civically engaged Chicagoans, and they also ran a poll among members. Final results were Lightfoot-81% and Preckwinkle-19%. Obviously this wasn’t at all a scientific poll and it probably oversamples high-information voters, but it had over 800 participants- which is actually more than any of the official polls have had so far. Is it safe to say Lori is the favorite at this point? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/84 "2019-03-15T17:41:12Z")
Turnout is key, that’s always the case but this is the third election in less than six months with the midterms and the first mayoral election. Preckwinkle’s union supporters are going to be voting without doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/85 "2019-03-15T18:01:54Z")
Turnout is indeed key but the general dislike for Preckwinkle is pretty deep and wide. Every conversation I’ve heard where her name comes up also includes some reference to the “soda tax”, with words like moronic, stupid or fucking usually preceding those two words. It appears to me that misstep has generated anger that run pretty deep. Those people will be turning out in large numbers. As will the LGBT community. And in the first round voter turnout in the areas on the Northside were higher than the rest of the city. None of that bodes well for Preckwinkle. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/86 "2019-03-17T06:27:54Z")
And Our Revolution Chicago has endorsed Lightfoot. When Bernie and **dalej42** are in agreement, who am I to disagree? Lightfoot it is. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/87 "2019-03-17T16:05:52Z")
> [@Thing\_Fish](#): > > And Our Revolution Chicago has endorsed Lightfoot. When Bernie and **dalej42** are in agreement, who am I to disagree? Lightfoot it is. Chuy Garcia endorses Lightfoot as well. Politics does make strange bedfellows. > **[Lightfoot scores two big endorsements — 'Chuy' Garcia, Jerry Joyce](https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/3/17/18464738/lightfoot-scores-two-big-endorsements-chuy-garcia-jerry-joyce?utm_campaign=ChicagoSunTimes&utm_content=1552837959&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter)** > > Garcia's endorsement could prove to be key in securing Lightfoot votes in the city's large Hispanic community. ---
**Author:** ![pjacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pjacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjacks)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/88 "2019-03-17T18:27:27Z")
It’s really rare for a politician to be enthusiasticly supported by both moderates like Sposato, Napolitano, Chico, Vallas and O’Shea, as well as progressives like Chuy, Waguespack and Robin Kelly. Lori is cobbling together one hell of an interesting base. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/89 "2019-03-18T08:54:25Z")
> [@pjacks](#): > > It’s really rare for a politician to be enthusiasticly supported by both moderates like Sposato, Napolitano, Chico, Vallas and O’Shea, as well as progressives like Chuy, Waguespack and Robin Kelly. Lori is cobbling together one hell of an interesting base. Were I a cynical sort, I’d wonder what she was promising them. Still, hope springs eternal. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/90 "2019-03-20T00:51:21Z")
It’s over. Preckwinkle pulling TV ads. > **[With 2 weeks before mayoral election, Toni Preckwinkle not airing TV ads:...](https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-met-chicago-mayors-race-toni-preckwinkle-tv-ads-20190319-story.html)** > > With two weeks to go before the April 2 runoff election, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s mayoral campaign has stopped airing TV commercials — an unorthodox move that raises questions about the viability of her campaign in the race’s... ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/91 "2019-03-26T22:23:11Z")
Seen on Facebook: One white guy telling another to “check your white male privilege” in the context of an argument over which black woman to support.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/92 "2019-04-03T01:03:43Z")
Lightfoot wins in a landslide. Right now showing at 75% to 25%. With a blowout this bad, Preckwinkle must have lost some union support. 50% of the precincts are reporting now ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/93 "2019-04-03T01:04:38Z")
Looks like Preckwinkle is getting stomped. With 65% of the vote in it is Lightfoot with 248,247 (74%) to 86,101 (26%) for Preckwinkle. Ouch. The Teacher’s Union is going to have it out for Lightfoot. I’m curious to see how the Council deals with this. Also, cautiously optimistic about the runoff for alderman in the 40th Ward. Vasquez is up over O’Connor at the moment. Oh happy day if O’Connor is sent off to retirement! The idea we could get rid of Joe Moore and Pat O’Connor from the City Council in the same election is a delight. And it looks like Deb Mell could be going down too. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/94 "2019-04-03T01:25:12Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > And it looks like Deb Mell could be going down too. Wait a sec–isn’t Deb Mell married to Blago? Good riddance! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/95 "2019-04-03T01:26:18Z")
My 46th Ward looks quite interesting, it’s separated by 11 votes. Lightfoot voters may well push Marianne Lalonde over the top. ---
**Author:** ![pjacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pjacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjacks)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/96 "2019-04-03T04:50:20Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Wait a sec–isn’t Deb Mell married to Blago? Good riddance! Deb Mell is a lesbian. But she is Blago’s sister-in-law. ---
**Author:** ![pjacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@pjacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjacks)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/97 "2019-04-03T04:54:08Z")
Lori won in all 50 wards. That’s a mandate. Yes, there was historically low voter turnout, but if you adjust for her margin of victory, Lightfoot actually won more votes than Rahm did and Daley did in some of his runs. That’s a big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/98 "2019-04-03T05:11:47Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Wait a sec–isn’t Deb Mell married to Blago? Good riddance! > [@pjacks](#): > > Deb Mell is a lesbian. But she is Blago’s sister-in-law. And it looks like, with all precincts reporting, Rodriguez has the lead over Mell by…wait for it…24 VOTES! Jeez, that is close. Is there a recount procedure for aldermanic races? That’s crazy close. It looks like Cappleman will keep his seat in the 46th Ward by 23 votes. Damn, folks in Chicago are clearly pissed and want to shake shit up. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/99 "2019-04-03T06:38:45Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > And it looks like, with all precincts reporting, Rodriguez has the lead over Mell by…wait for it…24 VOTES! Jeez, that is close. Is there a recount procedure for aldermanic races? That’s crazy close. > > It looks like Cappleman will keep his seat in the 46th Ward by 23 votes. > > Damn, folks in Chicago are clearly pissed and want to shake shit up. My mail in ballot hasn’t been counted yet so it’ll be 22 votes at best for Cappleman. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351/100 "2019-04-03T08:14:21Z")
well its going to be an interesting next few years in chi politics eh? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2019-chicago-mayoral-election/829351.md?page=6)