Chance the Rapper holds a press conference endorsing Toni Preckwinkle for Mayor of Chicago at City Hall on March 21, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. The Windy City native on Thursday announced he was throwing his support behind the mayoral campaign of Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni Preckwinkle, after his first-choice candidate, the Austin neighborhood’s Chamber of Commerce Director Amara Enyia, came up short in a runoff race. At a news conference at City Hall, Chance noted that Preckwinkle backs getting concessions from developers to be used for the local community. Chance’s father, Ken Bennett, a former aide to both Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and President Barack Obama, was already on Team Preckwinkle and serves as her campaign chairman. “I don’t have any more money for Chicago politics,” he said.

Source: Washington Post March 21, 2019 16:18 UTC