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This compares your priorities with each candidate's documented positions. It is not a recommendation. Only issues with a cited position are counted.

Mayor

Objections through Nov 2

Runs the city: proposes the budget, appoints department heads, signs or vetoes ordinances.

Vote for 1

Brandon Johnson

IncumbentDeclared, not yet filed

— Fox 32 Chicago, Sep 13, 2026

Answer the issues above to see where you agree

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: For
Mayor's position on the item: for → Failed 0–50 → item page
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: Against
Mayor's position on the item: against → Passed 33–14 → item page
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: Against
Mayor's position on the item: against → Failed 18–32 → item page
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: For
Mayor's position on the item: for → Passed 32–17 → item page
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record

Alexi Giannoulias

Declared, not yet filed

— Chicago Sun-Times (via NPR Illinois), Aug 3, 2026

Answer the issues above to see where you agree

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: For
Stated position — Chicago Sun-Times (via NPR Illinois), Aug 3, 2026
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: Against
Said: “failed to back off the job-killing corporate head tax” — Chicago Sun-Times (via NPR Illinois), Aug 3, 2026

Susana Mendoza

Declared, not yet filed

— Fox 32 Chicago, Jun 3, 2026

No positions on record yet

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record

Mike Quigley

Declared, not yet filed

— CBS Chicago, Jun 27, 2026

No positions on record yet

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record

Maria Pappas

Declared, not yet filed

— Block Club Chicago, Sep 16, 2026

No positions on record yet

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record

Matt Brewer

Declared, not yet filed

— Block Club Chicago, Sep 16, 2026

No positions on record yet

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record

George Cardenas

Declared, not yet filed

— Block Club Chicago, Sep 16, 2026

No positions on record yet

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record

Joe Holberg

Declared, not yet filed

— Block Club Chicago, Sep 16, 2026

Answer the issues above to see where you agree

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: Against
Stated position — Block Club Chicago, Sep 16, 2026
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record

Willie Wilson

Declared, not yet filed

— ABC7 Chicago, Aug 6, 2026

No positions on record yet

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record

Danielle Carter-Walters

Declared, not yet filed

— Block Club Chicago, Sep 16, 2026

Answer the issues above to see where you agree

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: Against
Stated position — Block Club Chicago, Sep 16, 2026
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: For
Stated position — Block Club Chicago, Sep 16, 2026
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record

John Kelly

Declared, not yet filed

— Block Club Chicago, Sep 16, 2026

Answer the issues above to see where you agree

Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit
You: SkipCandidate: For
Stated position — Block Club Chicago, Sep 16, 2026
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax
You: SkipCandidate: —
No position on record

Where the candidates stand

Issue	Brandon Johnson	Alexi Giannoulias	Susana Mendoza	Mike Quigley	Maria Pappas	Matt Brewer	George Cardenas	Joe Holberg	Willie Wilson	Danielle Carter-Walters	John Kelly
Close the $882M 2027 budget gap with new revenue rather than service cuts	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Raise the property tax levy when the budget needs it	For	—	—	—	—	—	—	Against	—	Against	—
Keep acoustic gunshot detection (ShotSpotter) in the city's toolkit	Against	For	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	For	For
Let officers take serious discipline cases to private arbitration	Against	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Raise the real-estate transfer tax on high-value sales to fund homelessness services	For	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Keep city funding for migrant shelters at current levels	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Raise city revenue to avoid CTA service cuts	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Charge large employers a per-employee head tax	—	Against	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

City Clerk

Objections through Nov 2

Keeps the city's records and runs the city vehicle sticker program.

Vote for 1

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City Treasurer

Objections through Nov 2

Manages the city's cash and investments and sits on the pension boards.

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Alderperson

Objections through Nov 2

Your ward's vote on the City Council: the budget, zoning, and every ordinance.

Vote for 1

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Police District Council

Objections through Nov 2

Three neighbors per police district who hold public meetings on policing and nominate members of the citywide Community Commission.

Vote for up to 3

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Election Day: Feb 23, 2027 · polls 6 a.m.–7 p.m.
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This compares your priorities with each candidate's documented positions. It is not a recommendation. Only issues with a cited position are counted.

Candidate and issue files updated Oct 12, 2026

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