Mayor Lori Lightfoot accused former CPS CEO Paul Vallas of “blowing the ultimate dog whistle” when he told a Southwest Side crowd that his “whole campaign is about taking back our city, pure and simple.”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot fields questions from the news media on Feb. 20, 2023, after voting at Northeastern Illinois University.
Epton, a Republican, ran in the racially charged 1983 general election for mayor of Chicago, and nearly defeated Harold Washington, Chicago’s first Black mayor.Although her campaign and allied campaign funds have focused theirin recent days, Lightfoot said she believed the Feb. 28 contest had narrowed to a two-person race between her and Vallas.
Lightfoot’s closing pitch to voters centers on her response to the COVID-19 pandemic, economic catastrophe and civil unrest.
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