DISASTER THREE WEEKS AGO. HIS
RESPONSE EFFORTS SHIPPED FROM
EMERGENCY PHASE 2 LONG-TERM
REMEDIATION.
>>> VOTERS IN CHICAGO ARE
GEARING UP TO CAST THEIR BALLOT
IN THIS YEAR'S HEATED PRIMARY
RACE FOR MAYOR.
NINE CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR INCLUDING INCUMBENT
THIS YEAR INCLUDING INCUMBENT
LORI LIGHTFOOT.
LET'S START WITH THE
CANDIDATES.
YOU HAVE THE INCUMBENT,
TOUGHING FACE COMPETITION THAT
WILL LIKELY HEAD INTO A RUNOFF.
WHO ARE HER BIGGEST OPPONENTS?
HOW TOUGH COULD RE-ELECTION BE
>> Reporter: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING FROM
TODAY, I THINK SOMETHING THAT
IS NOTABLE IS THERE IS NOT A
SENSE OF CONFIDENCE, AS TO
WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL SEE LORI
LIGHTFOOT REELECTED.
THAT COULD BE IN SEVERAL WAYS.
THERE IS NOT A SENSE OF
CONFIDENCE IN TERMS OF WHETHER
SHE WOULD MAKE THAT RUNOFF RACE
THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN APRIL,
JUST OVER A MONTH FROM NOW.
TALK ABOUT HER BIGGEST
COMPETITION, WE KNOW THAT THE
POLLS IN GENERAL ARE NEVER A
GUARANTEE.
BUT POLLING DOES SHOW THAT HER
STEEPEST COMPETITION IS COMING
FROM THE FORMER CHICAGO PUBLIC
SCHOOL CEO.
THERE IS A VERY TIGHT RACE, IN
TERMS OF PULLING, FOR SECOND
PLACE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT, LORI
LIGHTFOOT RIGHT NOW HIS NECK
AND NECK WITH TWO OTHER
CANDIDATES.
YOU MENTIONED IT, THERE IS A
LARGE FIELD RIGHT NOW.
INCUMBENT MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT
COMPETING WITH EIGHT OTHER
CHALLENGES.
I THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN
PREDICT, THE ONLY PREDICTION
I'M WILLING TO MAKE HIS WE
PROBABLY WILL NOT KNOW ANY
RESULTS BY 7:00 P.M., SIMPLY
BECAUSE WE KNOW EARLY VOTING
TURNOUT, NEARLY TRIPLED WHAT IT
HAS BEEN IN THE PAST TWO
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.
MAIL-IN VOTING ALSO HAPPENS
YEAR >> WHAT ARE THE ISSUES MOST
>> WHAT ARE THE ISSUES MOST
VOTERS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT?
OTHER THINGS THAT THE REST OF
THE COUNTRY MIGHT LEARN FROM
THIS ELECTION?
>> Reporter: WE CAN TALK ABOUT
THE FACT THAT CRIME HAS BEEN
CONSISTENTLY THE NUMBER ONE
THING THAT VOTERS IN CHICAGO
TALK ABOUT THAT THEY CARE ABOU
. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE
SEEING ACROSS THE CITY.
AND ALSO SOMETHING THAT CERTAIN
CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL IN TERMS OF THEIR
INTENTIONAL IN TERMS OF THEIR
MESSAGING.
THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT WERE
SEEING, IN TERMS OF PLATFORM
AND POLICY, WHILE CRIME MIGHT
BE SOMETHING THEY ARE ALL
ADDRESSING, IT IS THE
PHILOSOPHY IN TERMS OF HOW THEY
ARE ADDRESSING CRIME.
AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE
LOOKING FOR SHORT-TERM
SOLUTIONS OR WHETHER OR NOT
THEY ARE LOOKING -- WHETHER
THEY SHOULD BE STAFFING POLICE
OFFICERS OR WHETHER THEY ARE
THINKING THAT TACKLING CRIME
MORE HOLISTICALLY, BUILDING THE COMMUNITY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
COMMUNITY ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> CHICAGO IS ELECTING POLICE
DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
THAT?
>> Reporter: WE HAVE 66
POSITIONS UP FOR GRABS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ADVOCACY
ROUTES HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR.
WE KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
HAS BEEN PART OF THE
CONVERSATION ON A NATIONAL
LEVEL.
WE SEE THAT IN CHICAGO FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
22 CHICAGO POLICE DISTRICTS
WILL SEE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO
WILL BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON
THINGS LIKE POLICE BUDGET.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN
AND REVIEW ITEMS, WHEN IT COMES
TO CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS. WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT CHICAGO POLICE,
THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING PART OF
THE DISCUSSION FOR A LONG TIME.
IT IN TERMS OF WHO PEOPLE ARE
VOTING FOR, WHEN I TALK TO
PEOPLE ON THE GROUND, A LOT OF
THEM DON'T REALLY KNOW WHO THEY
ARE VOTING FOR AND THEY ARE NOT
SURE HOW THIS IS GOING TO TURN
OUT.
I THINK COLLECTIVELY, WE ARE
ALL EAGER TO SEE HOW THAT PLAYS
OUT.
NOT JUST TODAY, WITH HOW THE