Bill Daley

The scramble is on to convince voters to get to the polls as the largest group ever of candidates for Chicago mayor are on the ballot.

Comments made on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett’s felony charge by Chicago’s top cop Thursday received mixed reaction from some of the city’s mayoral candidates.

The race for mayor of Chicago is hitting the final stretch and there’s just a week left in the campaign.

Cook County Republicans endorsed a candidate, a lawsuit was filed against another mayoral hopeful and there are some last minute jabs.

The race for mayor of Chicago has turned into a five-person dash to the finish, according to results of an exclusive Telemundo-Chicago/NBC 5 poll.

A Chicago mayoral candidate received a high-profile endorsement as the crowded race for mayor inches closer to Election Day.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will leave office later this year, but before he leaves, he sat down for an exclusive interview with NBC 5 Political Reporter Mary Ann Ahern to discuss his tenure as mayor, as well as his advice for those candidates looking to win his job.

In an extremely crowded and tight race for Chicago mayor, Bill Daley received a major endorsement on Friday as Congressman Bobby Rush threw his hat into the ring for the former White House Chief of Staff.

The heat is on all of the mayoral candidates with ties to Ald. Ed Burke in light of a federal criminal investigation.

A member of Chicago’s first political family running for mayor is suggesting that an expressway on the city’s South Side be renamed after former President Barack Obama and the family of the man it’s named after now isn’t happy.

Candidates in the crowded field for Chicago mayor have until Monday to challenge the petitions of their opponents, and one of the potential frontrunners could be facing a fight to stay on the ballot.

Twenty-one people filed petitions with the Chicago Board of Elections to run for mayor, city officials said – making for a crowded field of candidates looking to succeed Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Monday marked the deadline for candidates for mayor of Chicago to file their petitions, finalizing the paperwork needed to ensure their campaign.

Monday morning will be the first time those running for Chicago mayor can hand in their petitions to get on the city ballot, but the process is complicated.

Bill Daley donated $500,000 of his own money to kick off his campaign for Chicago mayor last week, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Gery Chico on Thursday became the latest confirmed candidate for Chicago mayor, joining more than a dozen contenders in the wake of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s surprise announcement that he wouldn’t seek re-election.

A shared hope of winning Amazon’s second US headquarters bid brought a bi-partisan group of elected officials and leaders together Monday morning.