Juan Perez Jr.

Chicago mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle on Monday repeatedly stood by controversial comments made by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush in which he alleged those who back Lori Lightfoot for mayor would...

During the latest televised debate of the Chicago mayoral race Thursday night, Lori Lightfoot defended her criminal justice record against criticism from Chance the Rapper, who suggested she had not...

Chance the Rapper, the hip-hop superstar and philanthropist, endorsed Toni Preckwinkle’s mayoral campaign Thursday, offering the Cook County Board president some star power and a renewed shot at recruiting young...

In some ways, the state of Chicago’s race for mayor boiled down to a single moment in a televised debate Wednesday night when Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and...

With two weeks to go before the April 2 runoff election, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has stopped airing TV commercials — a development that raises questions about her...

The two women trying to make history as the city’s first black female mayor took time on a recent Saturday to visit a longtime fixture in the campaign for African-American...

Lori Lightfoot on Thursday received endorsements from former mayoral candidate Gery Chico and the laborers union, a key trade group that spent heavily in support of Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza...

Attorney Lori Lightfoot picked up a key endorsement Friday in her efforts to court Chicago’s black voters in the city’s mayoral runoff election. Businessman Willie Wilson will be backing her...