Jessica Maronto
City traffic signal repair worker. Candidate for mayor of Chicago, on the ballot February 23, 2027.
Repairs traffic signals for the Chicago Department of Transportation. Filed on the last day, told reporters her petitions would fall short, and does not plan to campaign actively.
Campaign website (marontoforchicago.com)
Campaign money
- Committee: Committee to Elect Jessica Maronto for Mayor
- Raised: $33K
- Spent: $3,853
- Cash on hand: $29K
- Since the committee formed, through Sept. 30, 2026. Mostly loans from the candidate. Source
Money figures are each committee's quarterly reports to the Illinois State Board of Elections: spent is total expenditures from January 1 to September 30, 2026 (or since the committee formed), cash is funds available on September 30.
Support
Not listed in the ChicagoSpeaks poll, Sept. 2026 (Mansueto Institute / NORC). 0.0 points of support per $1 million spent.
What they would do
- Says the campaign's energy goes to its projects and mission rather than to campaigning.
we're focusing our efforts on the projects and mission
(CBS Chicago, Oct. 2026) - A city worker's run for the top job, funded mostly with her own money.
AI summary
Main points
The pitch: A city worker who repairs traffic signals, running without an active campaign.
Not published: No platform on the record beyond the campaign's stated focus on its projects and mission.
Next to the others
Only Maronto: A current city employee, and the only candidate who says she is not campaigning.
Self-funded: Maronto, Wilson, Holberg, and Nee lent their own campaigns money.
On money
No position on taxes or the budget on the record.
Pizza
No position on record.
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