Lightfoot Uses 2023 Budget to Tout Progressive Credentials
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In a Chicago election year, the budget process is a political statement.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot won a commanding victory in the 2019 race for Chicago mayor after campaigning on a progressive political platform that vowed to remake the city, but she will run for re-election after having spent nearly her entire term at odds with Chicago’s progressive political community.
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Lightfoot Uses 2023 Budget to Tout Progressive Credentials
Clip: 10/11/2022 | 3m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Mayor Lori Lightfoot won a commanding victory in the 2019 race for Chicago mayor after campaigning on a progressive political platform that vowed to remake the city, but she will run for re-election after having spent nearly her entire term at odds with Chicago’s progressive political community.
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