Tunney had been mulling a run for weeks and had announced he wouldn't seek reelection as 44th Ward alderman next year.
Ald. Tom Tunney, 44th, argues against Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion 2023 budget during debate in the City Council chambers Monday.
Tunney, who represents Lakeview and Wrigleyville in the City Council and owns Ann Sather restaurant, had been mulling a run for weeks and posed a potentially formidable threat to Lightfoot as his candidacy could’ve divided up her original base of support on the North Side.But Tunney, who has previously considered bids for the top job at City Hall, decided not to run against Lightfoot.
He flirted for months with a potential candidacy that could have generated strong support from the city’s business community. More significantly, Tunney could’ve cut into Lightfoot’s original base. Lightfoot emerged from a crowded field of candidates in 2019 in large part due to her strong base of support on North Side lakefront wards where mostly white liberals voted for her campaign.
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