Polls over the past few weeks show various candidates leading the race, and different candidates surging.
The event Tuesday night was a forum rather than a debate – which meant the candidates were not allowed to offer rebuttals. But they still found a way to attack each other in multiple heated moments.
The candidates were also asked whether they would commit to refrain from raising taxes. Buckner, Garcia, and Green said they would not raise taxes if they were elected – but some of the other candidates said being realistic and pragmatic was the way to go. "You cannot run a city government off of bake sales," Johnson said."The people on this stage here who do not believe that we can have a better, stronger, safer Chicago." Do what safe cities do – invest in people."As has happened on other occasions when the candidates have met, the barbs really got flying when the issue of crime came up.
Buckner accused Mayor Lightfoot of doubling down on"failed policies," and for his own part called for a gun violence prevention program, and bringing on more detectives so the city can achieve a better case clearance rate.
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