About this episode

Ben and Dr D discuss the current political landscape and the race for mayor in Chicago.

Ben and Dr D catch up on what’s going on. Alderman Marty Quinn—aka, Madigan’s guy—says take this job and shove it. Mike Quigley says—I wanna be mayor! And noticeably absent from the growing list of announced mayoral candidates are the guys most likely to wind up in the runoff, if they do run—Mayor Johnson and Alexi G. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Ben Joravsky

Guest: Dr D

Topics covered

• mayoral candidates
• Chicago politics
• Alderman Marty Quinn
• Mike Quigley
• elections

Keywords

• mayor
• Chicago
• Alderman
• elections
• politics
• candidates
• Mike Quigley

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