Karen Lewis will not run for Chicago mayor

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Source: Chicago Tribune

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis will not pursue a bid for Chicago mayor, the coordinator of the committee that was exploring a run announced Monday.

Lewis, 61, had been seen as a potentially strong challenger to Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the February election. Her series of speaking engagements around the city was interrupted last week when she was hospitalized after becoming sick at home. Union officials said she underwent surgery and was suffering from a “serious illness,” but have provided few other details about what is wrong with her.

In addition to forming an exploratory committee and touring the city on a "listening tour," the firebrand union leader had begun fundraising in anticipation of a possible run.

Lewis contributed $40,000 of her own money to her political fund, which she said would go toward opening a campaign office and hiring staff.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-karen-lewis-not-running-for-chicago-mayor-20141013-story.html

[mucifer]

1. I hope she is ok.

[lunasun]

2. Even if she did not win, she would have kept Rahm needing to answer for his questionable actions

During the election debates
Hope she is OK or getting there

[radiclib]

3. They got to her.

I'm kidding. But not really.

[JDPriestly]

4. I hope she will be well soon. We need her voice and her strength.

[Sienna86]

5. I'm worried about her

Must be a serious health issue to derail a campaign.

I thought she had a chance of being the next mayor.

[lunasun]

6. Reports now say cancerous brain tumor