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Frank Calabrese

Frank Calabrese

Chicago political consultant, election data/GIS mapmaker (Big Shoulders Consulting) and Walner Law law clerk.

Oct 2, 2026

10:45
What does that lineup look like?
10:47
So there are four candidates.
10:50
I think two are the big contenders.
10:53
So there's Jessica Biggs.
10:55
She's a current school board member.
10:58
She actually represents where I live downtown.
11:01
She lives in the Bronzeville neighborhood.

26 MINS LATER

36:41
Next on your list is that, is it 1B?
5:20
[laughs]
5:20
And the [laughs] the unions are fighting.
5:23
So, um, as long as I've been involved in Chicago politics, the s- the teacher's union and the service employee's union, um, SEIU, always were hand-in-hand.
5:34
They were both supporting Brandon Johnson for mayor.
5:37
They both supported, you know, Chuy Garcia for mayor back in 2009- uh, '15.
5:42
Um, and, you know, th- they've always been one and the same.
5:45
But now that there's been financial, you know, difficulties in the school system, um, and the boards that are controlled by the teacher's union, the, the teacher's union-controlled board, they decided to fire the service employees, meaning, you know, janitors, paraprofessionals, stuff like that, and not touch the teachers.

6 MINS LATER

11:42
You know this.

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