A new voter opinion survey suggests Mayor Lori Lightfoot is in trouble.
That would eliminate the first-term incumbent from competing in any April runoff election.
-based M3 Strategies asked 440 likely voters, "If the election for mayor of Chicago were held today, who would you be most likely to support?"’ CEO Paul Vallas was at 19 percent; Mayori Lightfoot was at 15 percent and businessman/philanthropist Willie Wilson was at 13 percent. Other contenders were in single digits.
Given the survey’s margin of accuracy, the results indicate Vallas, Lightfoot and Wilson are locked in a three-way battle for second place. Garcia's status as a clear, early front-runner echoes another separate poll done in mid-November. It was paid for by Local 150 of the International Operating Engineers Union and released this week. It was conducted by Impact Research, which has worked for President
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