John Kelly

Candidate for Chicago Mayor. The election is February 23, 2027.

Running for this seat

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Background

Lobbyist (All-Circo Inc.); co-founder, Sentinel Security

Owns the lobbying firm All-Circo Inc., which represents the Bally's casino under construction in Chicago, and co-founded the private security firm Sentinel Security. His campaign states he has never run for office before.

In their own words

  • Safe neighborhoods
  • Reliable transit
  • No new taxes
  • Kids who can read
  • A city government that works

From the candidate's own campaign materials.

Left–right placement

Moderately right, from the giving patterns of their campaign donors (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). Based on the 37 donors to their 2016 campaign for city council. DIME doesn't name donors: it places each one by everyone they give to, then places the candidate by their donors Source

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