Back by popular demand: The Back Room Deal features radio personality and longtime Reader political writer Ben Joravsky arguing local Chicago politics with Reader staff writer Maya Dukmasova. With sharp wit and stinging analysis, Joravsky and Dukmasova cut through the smoky haze of the elections to offer you a glimpse of the current Chicago races—ward-level […]
Tag: 2019 mayoral campaign
Posted inNews & Politics
Our first-ever mayoral candidate questionnaire
You wrote the questions. They answered.
Posted inNews & Politics
Q&A with mayoral candidate Amara Enyia
The candidate has a passion for public policy—but will it sway voters?
Posted inNews & Politics
Q&A with mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot
“We can’t move forward together as a city, as a state, as a country, if people aren’t willing to see the other person and not villainize them.”
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Which mayoral candidates will survive the petition challenge process?
Thanks to former Mayor Daley and his allies, Chicago has the highest mayoral signature requirement in the country.