Alexi Giannoulias
Candidate for Mayor, Chicago, on the ballot February 23, 2027
Alexi Giannoulias has not published a mayoral platform - none exists anywhere on his campaign site. The policies below are his Secretary of State priorities, shown because they are the only platform he has bothered to make public.
AI summary
The platform
A different office: These are his priorities as Illinois Secretary of State. No positions on city issues are listed.
What they cover: Automatic voter registration, tougher lobbying and ethics rules, shorter lines and digital licenses at driver facilities, and library programs.
Not mentioned: Chicago's budget, police, schools, housing, or the CTA.
Next to the other candidates
Only Giannoulias: A platform written for another office. Every other candidate listed here takes positions on city issues like police, housing, the budget, schools, or transit, so there is nothing to set side by side.
Closest overlap: Ethics rules. Kelly's city charter, Cardenas's Auditor General, and Carlisle's end to aldermen's control over zoning address ethics at the city level.
the more perfect platform
- Protecting Voting Rights: With Republican Secretaries of State across the nation seeking to disenfranchise voters with restrictive voter suppression laws that make it more difficult to register and cast ballots, I’m committed to advancing…
- Toughening Ethics Laws: Illinoisians are sick and tired of the corruption and scandals that have become all too common in our state. Despite efforts to tighten ethics laws, elected officials, lobbyists and political insiders have continued to…
- Modernizing the Office: Modernizing the Secretary of State’s office is a top priority. COVID-19 and the recent surge for Real IDs have forced changes in how the office needs to operate and delivers services to improve the customer experience…
- Enhancing Libraries: I plan to implement a universal License to Read program to improve access to libraries, add educational programs, provide more digital services online and find new ways to bring more people together, especially in…
- Providing Second Chances: I would push the State to begin providing ex-offenders with valid state identification cards before their release from prison. Ensuring newly released inmates have an authorized and recognized state identification card…
- Cracking Down on Scam Artists: The Securities Division in the Secretary of State’s Office regulates the investment industry in Illinois, investigating complaints of fraud and registering brokers. I will add more resources and increase the number of…
- Enhancing Business Services: I will strengthen the Secretary of State’s Business Services Division to make it easier for minority-owned business owners – to start a business and cut through the layers of red-tape, which will reduce costs and get…
- Making Roads Safer: I will make our roads safer places for both motorists and police officers in repealing an existing state law, which prohibits drivers from hanging items from a vehicle’s rear view. Illinois is one of just a handful of…
- Fighting Climate Change: I’m passionate about the environment and doing more to pass legislation that would force people and large companies to change behavior and act more responsibly when it comes to protecting the environment. As State…
- Easing the Burden on those who Can Least Afford It: I will continue to support legislation that prohibited the state and municipalities from suspending the driver’s licenses of drivers who fail to pay parking tickets and other fines, which was signed into law earlier this…
- Implementing In-Office Policies: One of my goals at Secretary of State is to recalibrate how government prioritizes office culture by putting people first and turning intent into action. I plan to implement the following: Create Opportunities for Women…