Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed Monday to take on anyone who may seek to deny her a second term in office. “I’ll run on my record,” Lightfoot said. “I’ll present that to the voters.”
Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed Monday to take on anyone who may seek to deny her a second term in office.The comments come as a spate of violent incidents downtown threatened to overshadow the mayor’s effort to encourage workers and tourists to return to the Loop and Michigan Avenue and emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’ll run on my record,” Lightfoot said. “I’ll present that to the voters. I feel very good about the accomplishments that we are making today. We are bringing equity and inclusion in real ways with real dollars and commitments all across the city. I think people are starting to see it. We’ve got work to do to make sure that people know everything we’ve done over these almost three years, almost not quite three years. So, I feel very, very comfortable about where we are.
At first, Lightfoot dismissed Quigley’s poll but returned to the subject when asked why she hasn’t formally launched her campaign and put an end to the speculation to reject suggestions that she is “afraid” of challengers.“I’ll take on all comers,” Lightfoot said. “I fear no one.”