<Tr> <Td> Incumbent Mayor <P> Rahm Emanuel </P> </Td> <Td> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> <P> An election for Mayor of Chicago is scheduled to be held on February 26, 2019 . The election is officially nonpartisan, and the winner will be elected to a four - year term . If no candidate receives a majority of votes, a runoff election will be held on April 2, 2019 . Incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel is not running for a third term . Emanuel was first elected in 2011 (winning in the first round with 55.19% of the vote) and reelected in 2015 (receiving 55.7% of the vote in the runoff election). The filing deadline to be a candidate is November 26, 2018 . </P> <Ul> <Li> Dorothy A. Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County and candidate for Mayor in 2007 </Li> <Li> Gery Chico, former Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education and candidate for Mayor in 2011 </Li> <Li> William M. Daley, former White House Chief of Staff and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce </Li> <Li> Amara Enyia, community activist, organizer, attorney and policy consultant </Li> <Li> La Shawn K. Ford, State Representative </Li> <Li> Ja'Mal Green, Executive Director of the Majostee Allstars Community Center </Li> <Li> Jerry Joyce Jr., attorney and son of former Alderman Jeremiah E. Joyce </Li> <Li> William J. Kelly, radio host and perennial candidate </Li> <Li> John Kozlar, candidate for alderman in Chicago's 11th ward in 2011 and 2015 </Li> <Li> Troy LaRaviere, President of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association </Li> <Li> Lori Lightfoot former President of the Chicago Police Board </Li> <Li> Garry McCarthy, former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department </Li> <Li> Toni Preckwinkle, President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners </Li> <Li> Matthew Roney, pharmaceutical technician </Li> <Li> Neal Sales - Griffin, Professor at the Northwestern University's Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation </Li> <Li> Paul Vallas, former Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools </Li> <Li> William Walls, perennial candidate </Li> <Li> Willie Wilson, businessman, candidate for Mayor in 2015 and candidate for President in 2016 </Li> </Ul> <Li> Dorothy A. Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County and candidate for Mayor in 2007 </Li>

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