Ja’Mal Green speaks to reporters Monday after filing a challenge against Willie Wilson’s petition signatures. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]  

Five of the 11 candidates hoping to run for mayor in the Feb. 28 municipal election are facing challenges to the petition signatures they turned in last month. Mayor Lori Lightfoot escaped a challenge from any of the 10 people who are challenging her. 

Related: Ten candidates file petitions to challenge Lightfoot in 2023 mayoral election 

210 people filed petitions to run for an aldermanic seat. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

A total of 210 candidates filed petition signatures to run for an aldermanic seat across the city’s 50 wards and Monday marks the final day to file objections to get any of the City Council hopefuls kicked off the 2023 municipal ballot. 

And while this year’s more than 200 candidates may seem like a large number of people running for any office, it’s almost the exact average of the number of aldermanic candidates who filed petitions to run in the past four municipal elections. Still, with a big swath of alderman retiring at the end of this term or running for mayor, some say they expected this year’s aldermanic pool to be higher. 

Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday filed her petitions to run for reelection. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

Monday marked the close of the window for candidates to file petitions to get on the 2023 municipal ballot, and by the end of the day 11 people filed petition signatures to run for mayor. 

Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia and City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin both filed their petitions Monday to run for reelection. And five incumbent aldermen won’t face challengers next year. 

Ald. Ed Burke (14) during a City Council meeting. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

After more than 50 years on the Chicago City Council, Ald. Ed Burke (14) will not run for reelection next year.  

Burke did not file petition signatures by Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline for candidates seeking to run for election next year, Chicago Board of Elections spokesperson Max Bever told reporters Monday evening.  

Burke, who is the longest serving alderman on the Chicago City Council, was indicted in 2019 on 14 counts including bribery, attempted extortion and racketeering. 

Candidates wait to file petition signatures on Monday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

More than 120 people have filed petitions to run for alderman in the city’s 50 wards ahead of the Feb. 28 election.

Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) announced on Monday that he was pulling out of the race for mayor and instead running for another term on the City Council. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) in April was the first candidate to launch a challenge against Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the 2023 election. Upon entering the race, he tweeted “I'm in!” 

But on the morning of the first filing day for nominating petitions, he announced he was out. 

Monday marked the first day candidates could file their petitions to get on the Feb. 28 ballot. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line] 

Six people on Monday filed petitions to challenge Mayor Lori Lightfoot next year for her seat at the helm of the city.  

Monday marked the first day candidates vying to get on the Feb. 28 municipal ballot could file petition signatures. Candidates or their representatives who were in line with their petitions at 191 N. Clark St. by 9 a.m. will be entered into a lottery to determine who will be listed first on next year’s ballot.  

Petition filing for the 2023 municipal election begins Monday morning. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

Petition filing for next year’s municipal election begins Monday morning as candidates vie to position themselves first on the Feb. 28 ballot.  

With the mayor, clerk, treasurer, all 50 aldermen and new district councils for civilian oversight of the police department all on the ballot this year, this will likely be a “high candidate year,” according to election officials.  

CTU President Stacy Davis Gates, who chairs United Working Families, speaks during a news conference announcing endorsements on Thursday. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line]

The progressive organization United Working Families on Thursday endorsed 18 people hoping to win aldermanic elections in wards across the city during next year’s municipal election.