Bill Quinlan

Noticeably missing.

Mayor Brandon Johnson, as well as Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, and Attorney Bill Quinlan.

In the meantime, a new Chicago Speaks poll from the Mansueto Institute at the University of Chicago shows Mayor Johnson's approval ratings dropping.

As Chicago Speaks produces quarterly surveys, and it's meant to be representative of likely Chicago voters.

Uh, all right.

Jeff, mayoral hopeful Bill Quinlan tried to put the kibosh on double dippers running in next month's midterm and the race for mayor.

So far, a judge says no dice.

No dice.

Now to some local election news.

Mayoral candidate Bill Quinlan's plan to knock three rivals off the 2027 ballot has been foiled for now.

That is because a judge dismissed his lawsuit accusing Alexi Janoulias, Maria Pappas, and Mike Quigley of violating state election law.

But he is vowing to appeal the ruling.

Quinlan argued his opponents are violating state election law by running for mayor while also seeking reelection to their current offices.

He went a step further, saying the fact that U.S. Representative Mike Quigley specifically is running for mayor could cost the Democrats a seat in Congress.

The Quinlan team gave us a statement following the ruling.

It says, and he claims, Judge Riley's decision doesn't rule out another lawsuit because it's based on timing, not the merits of his claim.

The proposed merger of Rush and Endeavor is no different." An effort to bar candidates in the midterm election from running for mayor of Chicago hits a roadblock.

Mayoral hopeful Bill Quinlan filed suit last month against Alexi Giannoulias, Maria Pappas, and Mike Quigley, plus the state and city election boards, alleging that state law bars those candidates from simultaneously running for re-election while also vying for mayor.

Quinlan claims that a 2024 election law change moving the filing period for Chicago mayor before the midterm should block double dippers.

But earlier today, a judge dismissed his suit.

So People in Chicago are upset with that.

I commend Bill Quinlan for calling attention to that.

The more that Chicago voters know, the better decision that they're going to make.

That's why they're gravitating towards our campaign, because I have never run for office, never going to run for anything other than the mayor of the city of Chicago.

The legal battle over Chicago's mayoral race heads to court today.

Bill Quinlan is suing three of his rivals.

He claims that Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, and Congressman Mike Quigley cannot legally run for mayor while also running for reelection to their current offices.

People running for mayor must file their nominating petitions by October 26th.

So I do not know that this is sort of going to go anywhere.

But boy, Bill Quinlan got us all talking about it, didn't he?

He certainly did.

I think that was the goal.