Newly retired Jesse White, the first African-American elected as Illinois Secretary of State, is endorsing Paul Vallas, giving Vallas a leg up in his quest to claim the 20% share of the Black vote he needs to win the April 4 mayoral runoff against Brandon Johnson.
Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas got right into it on the first full day of the mayoral runoff campaign.Newly retired Jesse White, the first African-American elected as Illinois Secretary of State, is endorsing Paul Vallas, giving Vallas a leg up in his quest to claim the 20% share of the Black vote he needs to win the April 4White, 88, retired in January after a record six terms as secretary of state. In four of those elections, he was the leading vote-getter statewide.
"He opens the door for other African-American elected officials to be for Paul. He could be worth four, five or six alderpersons and a few more state legislators," Reyes said.An African American elected official, who asked to remain anonymous, predicted White’s endorsement would have a domino effect on other establishment Black elected officials and, more importantly, on older, more conservative Black voters.
White, founder of the Jesse White Tumblers, could not be reached for comment. Nor coiuld Vallas. Burnett did not return phone calls. The endorsement is scheduled to be announced in mid-afternoon. "He needs to get all of these aldermen who did support him to become surrogates. Pat Dowell. She needs to be a surrogate. Matt Martin. He needs to be a surrogate. Maria Hadden. Same with the South Side. He should be on the phone now calling the Black aldermen, saying ‘I need your help to win this race.’ If they’ve got any bad blood between them, put that all of that behind you and let’s win this thing.
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