Mayor still remains close to several rivals in terms of cash on hand, including U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Cook County commissioner Brandon Johnson, Paul Vallas and Willie Wilson.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot, with Chicago first lady Amy Eshleman, smiles as she is greeted by cheering supporters before filing her nominating petitions for her reelection bid on Nov. 28, 2022, in downtown Chicago.
Lightfoot’s initial TV commercials attempted to address the issue of crime in Chicago and also aimed to soften her image of combativeness as it replayed her inaugural speech nearly four years ago discussing her upbringing. More recently, Lightfoot has gone on the attack against mayoral opponent U.S. Rep.
Still, Lightfoot’s financial footing is a contrast to her two predecessors, former Mayors Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel, who tapped the advantage of incumbency to build massive campaign war chests aimed at discouraging challengers from entering the race, and then used that cash to quickly define those who did through attack ads. She has not been able to match their fundraising pace.
The next-highest fundraising total came from Johnson, who raised $1.8 million and spent $578.000, leaving him with $1.3 million on hand. Johnson recently launched expensive TV commercials aimed at introducing him to voters, a prerequisite if he is going to leapfrog bigger-name candidates.
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