Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Tuesday, August 29, 2017.
Who’s most likely to run against Rahm Emanuel in 2019
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is likely to run for reelection for a third term in 2019, but “he has not made a final decision on whether his polling numbers have rebounded enough to risk facing an angry electorate openly hostile to incumbents,” according to the Sun-Times. Assuming that Emanuel does run, the newspaper has drawn up a list of his potential challengers, from Cook County commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, former Chicago Police Department superintendent Garry McCarthy, and Cook County sheriff Tom Dart to city treasurer Kurt Summers, alderman and gubernatorial candidate Ameya Pawar, and Cook County commissioner Bridget Gainer. No clear frontrunner emerged. [Sun-Times]
