With Garcia's announcement expected Thursday, there will be 11 candidates declaring a run – and it is shaping up to be a divided race.
"It's going to be very difficult for any candidate to win an outright majority," said North Central College political science professor Stephen Caliendo."Now, you have two really strong candidates, as well as others that have good name recognition that are going to probably split that vote."
To run for mayor, political experts tell us you need 12,500 legitimate signatures, about $5 million in the bank, and a political army at the ready. Garcia does not have that yet."I would expect so," Caliendo said,"and I don't think he would bother with it if he didn't think he did." Garcia was a Chicago alderman from 1986 until 1993, and was a key ally of Washington's during the infamous"Council Wars," when former Ald. Edward Vrdolyak led a bloc of mostly white aldermen to consistently thwart the agenda of the city's first Black mayor, and control the City Council.
, Ald. Sophia King , Ald. Roderick Sawyer , Ald. Raymond Lopez , businessman Willie Wilson, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, Illinois State Rep. Kam Buckner, community activist Ja'Mal Green, and Chicago police officer Frederick Collins.
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