Willie Wilson
Businessman, fourth run for mayor. Candidate for mayor of Chicago, on the ballot February 23, 2027.
Founder of Omar Medical Supplies, former McDonald's franchisee, and producer of the gospel show Singsation; 78, a sharecropper's son from Louisiana who left school in the seventh grade. This is his fourth run for mayor, funded mostly with his own money.
Full platform, open to comments
Campaign website (williewilson2027.com)
Campaign money
- Committee: Willie Wilson for Mayor 2027
- Raised: $404K
- Spent: $413K
- Cash on hand: $48K
- Since the committee formed May 19, 2026, through Sept. 30. $400,000 of the third quarter's money was loans from the candidate; the committee owes him $450,000. 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
6% of likely voters in the ChicagoSpeaks poll, Sept. 2026 (Mansueto Institute / NORC). 15 points of support per $1 million spent.
What they would do
- Back the police without reservation and hold four police superintendents accountable, one per section of the city.
There ain't no way I'm gonna abandon our police officers. Ain't no way,
(CBS Chicago, Feb. 16, 2023) - Treats housing as a right and homeownership as the way families build wealth.
I view housing as a right. Homeownership is the cornerstone of wealth building.
(williewilson2027.com) - Speaks plainly and runs as a servant of God rather than a politician.
I believe in Chicago and I believe you deserve a leader who wakes up every morning ready to serve.
(Sun-Times, Aug. 10, 2026)
AI summary
Main points
Police: Full support for the police, with four superintendents, one for each section of the city, held accountable.
Taxes: Lower real estate taxes, treat red light cameras as a tax to get rid of, cut taxes for working people and businesses, and bring in new revenue through new businesses.
Housing and transit: Housing as a right with homeownership at the center, and a clean, safe, affordable CTA.
Next to the others
Only Wilson: Four police superintendents instead of one.
Taxes: Wilson, Holberg, and Kitover promise lower taxes; Giannoulias would hold the levy flat; Johnson would raise them on the ultra-rich.
Experience: Wilson's fourth run for mayor; Pappas, Quigley, Cardenas, and Mendoza have run citywide or countywide before.
On money
Would try to lower real estate taxes, get rid of red light cameras as a hidden tax, cut taxes for working people and businesses, and bring in revenue by attracting new businesses.
We'll try to lower real estate taxes. The red light cameras is a form of taxes,
(CBS Chicago, Feb. 16, 2023)I think I would bring new taxes in by new businesses,
(CBS Chicago, Feb. 16, 2023)I will cut taxes for working class citizens and businesses.
(williewilson2027.com)
Pizza
No position on record.
Also on the record
- Produces Singsation, the first nationally syndicated Black-owned gospel TV show, and has run for president and the US Senate under his own Willie Wilson Party. (en.wikipedia.org)
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