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Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas ran for election for Mayor of Chicago in Illinois. He lost in the general runoff election on April 4, 2023.
Biography
Between 1985 and 1995, Vallas served as executive director of the Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission; Chicago city revenue director; and Chicago city budget director. He was appointed CEO of Chicago Public Schools by Mayor Richard M. Daley and filled that role from 1995 to 2001. He served as superintendent of school districts in Philadelphia, New Orleans, and Bridgeport, Conn., from 2002 to 2014. Before running for mayor, he worked as chief administrative officer at Chicago State University.[1]
Vallas was a Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Illinois in the 2014 elections.[2] His running mate was Democratic incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinn selected Vallas to share the ticket in 2014, when a new rule took effect requiring candidates for Illinois governor and lieutenant governor to run together in both the primary and general election. He and Quinn lost the general election.
Elections
2023
See also: Mayoral election in Chicago, Illinois (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Chicago
Brandon Johnson defeated Paul Vallas in the general runoff election for Mayor of Chicago on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Brandon Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 52.2 | 319,481 |
 | Paul Vallas (Nonpartisan) | 47.8 | 293,033 | |
| Total votes: 612,514 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Chicago
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Chicago on February 28, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul Vallas (Nonpartisan) | 32.9 | 185,743 |
| ✔ | | Brandon Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 21.6 | 122,093 |
 | Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan) | 16.8 | 94,890 | |
 | Jesus Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 13.7 | 77,222 | |
 | Willie Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 9.1 | 51,567 | |
 | Ja'Mal Green (Nonpartisan) | 2.2 | 12,257 | |
 | Kambium Buckner (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 11,092 | |
 | Sophia King (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 7,191 | |
 | Roderick Sawyer (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 2,440 | |
 | Johnny Logalbo (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 15 | |
| Keith Judge (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 5 | ||
| Stephen Hodge (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 4 | ||
| Ryan Friedman (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 3 | ||
 | Stephanie Ann Mustari (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | |
| Bridgett Palmer (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 564,524 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Montelle Gaji (Nonpartisan)
- Raymond Lopez (Nonpartisan)
- Frederick Collins (Nonpartisan)
2019
See also: Mayoral election in Chicago, Illinois (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Chicago
Lori Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle in the general runoff election for Mayor of Chicago on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan) | 73.7 | 386,039 |
 | Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan) | 26.3 | 137,765 | |
| Total votes: 523,804 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Chicago
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Chicago on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan) | 17.5 | 97,667 |
| ✔ | | Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan) | 16.0 | 89,343 |
 | Bill Daley (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 82,294 | |
| Willie Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 59,072 | |
 | Susana Mendoza (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 50,373 | |
 | Amara Enyia (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 44,589 | |
 | Jerry Joyce (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 40,099 | |
 | Gery Chico (Nonpartisan) | 6.2 | 34,521 | |
| Paul Vallas (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 30,236 | |
 | Garry McCarthy (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 14,784 | |
 | La Shawn Ford (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 5,606 | |
 | Bob Fioretti (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 4,302 | |
 | John Kozlar (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 2,349 | |
 | Neal Sáles-Griffin (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 1,523 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 86 | ||
| Total votes: 556,844 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Catherine Brown D'Tycoon (Nonpartisan)
- Dorothy Brown (Nonpartisan)
- Ja'Mal Green (Nonpartisan)
- Conrien Hykes Clark (Nonpartisan)
- Sandra Mallory (Nonpartisan)
- Richard Mayers (Nonpartisan)
- Roger Washington (Nonpartisan)
2014
Vallas was the 2014 Democratic nominee for election to the office of Illinois Lieutenant Governor. He ran on the Democratic ticket with current incumbent Pat Quinn. They were defeated in the general election by the Republican ticket of Bruce Rauner and Evelyn Sanguinetti. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
Primary election
| Governor and Lt. Governor of Illinois, Democratic Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Pat Quinn & Paul Vallas Incumbent |
71.9% | 321,818 | ||
| Tio Hardiman & Brunell Donald | 28.1% | 125,500 | ||
| Total Votes | 447,318 | |||
| Election results via Illinois State Board of Elections. | ||||
General election
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Bruce Rauner/Evelyn Sanguinetti |
50.3% | 1,823,627 | |
| Democratic | Pat Quinn/Paul Vallas Incumbent | 46.3% | 1,681,343 | |
| Libertarian | Chad Grimm/Alex Cummings | 3.4% | 121,534 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0% | 1,186 | |
| Total Votes | 3,627,690 | |||
| Election results via Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Paul Vallas did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Chicago 2019 Candidate Survey
Paul Vallas did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.
Campaign website
The following themes were found on Vallas' 2019 campaign website.
| “ |
PAUL'S FIVE POINT PLAN 1. WAGE A WAR AGAINST VIOLENT CRIME TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER BY GETTING VIOLENT CRIMINALS OFF THE STREETS – Guarantee “Beat Integrity” by ensuring there are enough police officers to serve every community that are known by the community, & ensure all officers receive high quality redundant training – Hire retired police officers with investigatory experience to immediately provide investigative support to the Detective Division to get violent criminals off the streets & re-open two closed Detective Areas – Strengthen the Patrol Area level Teams & create a Special Operations Unit to ensure the police can deploy resources to high crime areas or special events without taking officers away from their individual districts – Convert enough school & park district safety & security positions to ensure every public school has a Chicago Police Officer during the school year that is deployed to the parks & recreational areas where young people gather when school is out
– Take full advantage of the incentives in the federal government Opportunity Zones program & dedicate one-third of all TIF revenues to raise $10 billion to invest in economic development & jobs on the South, Southwest, & West Sides – Employ the $2.5 billion in state & local incentives identified in the failed Amazon bid for businesses located & locating in under-invested areas of Chicago, prioritizing ending food deserts & restoring major commercial & retail enterprises – Adopt a “Buy Chicago, Hire Chicago” policy to prioritize awarding contracts to Chicago businesses, giving special weighting to those who invest in & hire from long neglected communities – Organize & expand the network of Adult Education & Occupational Training Services to provide training & job opportunities to high school dropouts, chronically unemployed, ex-offenders & displaced veterans – Transform closed schools into community business centers to house incubators & Adult Education & Job Training campuses
– Develop & implement a long-term budget plan that ensures long-term financial stability & funding equity & ensures that schools have the resources they need to provide & sustain quality education services – Provide every neighborhood high school with AP offerings & access to Early College & Dual Enrollment Programs – Offer career & technical education & work study programs for all students in all neighborhood high schools – Implement a plan to improve & modernize existing school buildings, & ensure that all classrooms have the instructional & technology resources needed to offer superior learning environments – Restore the School Police Patrol & ensure that their are clear protocols & policies in place to protect against sexual abuse & that there is a online system in place that provides 24/7 reporting & crisis intervention
– Permanently cap property taxes at the rate of inflation or 5% (whichever is less) regardless of the increase in assessed value – End Chicago’s red light camera program that unfairly punishes Chicago citizens & is bankrupting thousands – Freeze city fees & fines & cap penalties so they do not exceed the cost of the original ticket or fee – Implement a plan to improve & modernize existing school buildings, & ensure that all classrooms have the instructional & technology resources needed to offer superior learning environments – End practice of suspending driver’s licenses or blocking people from city employment or grants for nonpayment of fees & fines – Expand affordable housing by removing obstacles to construction, giving vacant buildings to community developers for restoration & by protecting families, seniors & disabled from confiscatory tax delinquencies & foreclosures laws
– Expand health care services by putting health clinics in schools & revitalizing community hospitals & local health care clinics – Restore & expand community based mental health services & extend services to the schools, City Colleges & public universities – Test water in homes & public facilities for lead, provide water filtration devices & implement a long-range plan to replace the lead pipes – Adopt an Environmental Justice standard that ends the practice of supporting the placement of polluting industries & facilities in poor communities & develop a strategy to remove those facilities – Create an Neighborhood Environmental Protection Fund to provide grants & award tax breaks to help residents & community small businesses address their environmental needs[3] |
” |
| —Paul Vallas' 2019 campaign website[4] | ||
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Who is Paul Vallas?" January 26, 2019
- ↑ ChicagoBusiness.com, "Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn taps Paul Vallas for running mate," November 8, 2013
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Paul Vallas' 2019 campaign website, "PAUL'S FIVE POINT PLAN," accessed February 18, 2019
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