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Some Rahm Emanuel allies gravitate toward Susana Mendoza as she preps likely run for Chicago mayor
Chicago Tribune:Just a couple of hours after state Comptroller Susana Mendoza gave her campaign victory speech Tuesday night, some of her supporters and allies of Mayor Rahm Emanuel already were busy pointing out her strong performance in Chicago.
Mendoza, they noted, won 85 percent of the vote in the city, drawing almost 30,000 more votes than Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker and 22,000 more votes than Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the chair of the county Democratic Party who was unopposed for a third term. Those results, they contended, would bode well for Mendoza in a scenario she continues to explore: a run for Chicago mayor.
Mendoza spent the last few months of her comptroller campaign saying she was focused on her statewide race while refusing to rule out a run for mayor in the wake of Emanuel’s surprise decision in September to drop his bid for a third term. Now, with the comptroller race behind her and petitions on the street seeking to get her name on the ballot for the Feb. 26 city election, Mendoza will have to announce soon whether she will move forward with a campaign to run the nation’s third-largest city.
In less than two weeks, some of the 16 already-declared candidates will begin submitting their petitions, with the final deadline to do so just a week later.
Mendoza, they noted, won 85 percent of the vote in the city, drawing almost 30,000 more votes than Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker and 22,000 more votes than Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, the chair of the county Democratic Party who was unopposed for a third term. Those results, they contended, would bode well for Mendoza in a scenario she continues to explore: a run for Chicago mayor.
Mendoza spent the last few months of her comptroller campaign saying she was focused on her statewide race while refusing to rule out a run for mayor in the wake of Emanuel’s surprise decision in September to drop his bid for a third term. Now, with the comptroller race behind her and petitions on the street seeking to get her name on the ballot for the Feb. 26 city election, Mendoza will have to announce soon whether she will move forward with a campaign to run the nation’s third-largest city.
In less than two weeks, some of the 16 already-declared candidates will begin submitting their petitions, with the final deadline to do so just a week later.
