Calumet City 6th Ward Ald. James Patton, one of the most outspoken opponents of Mayor Thaddeus Jones, announced Thursday he will run for mayor of next year.
Calumet City 6th Ward Ald. James Patton announced Thursday he will run for mayor next year, becoming the first announced challenger to a possible reelection bid from incumbent Mayor Thaddeus Jones, who is also state representative.
Patton said he worked for and supported Jones’s predecessor, Michelle Markiewicz Qualkinbush, and said he tried to start fresh with the new mayor when Jones took office in 2021. But the two have butted heads with Patton regularly voting against matters supported by Jones. Patton said he is starting his race well before the February Democratic primary because he needs to create enough of a runway to meet voters to make up for a likely financial deficit between himself and Jones.
“We don’t need to have the engineers come and tell us how bad it is. We need to get to work,” Patton said.
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