Overview
- Pappas announced she is unofficially running and vowed she is not getting out, with a formal mayoral announcement to follow a re-election bid for an eighth term as Cook County Treasurer.
- An analysis from her office found Loop commercial property tax collections fell by $129 million in 2024 as the countywide median bill neared $4,500.
- Her data shows residential bills surged in predominantly Black South and West Side neighborhoods, including increases of 133% in West Garfield Park, 98% in North Lawndale and 82% in Englewood.
- She declined to weigh in on the City Council budget fight and said she wants to keep hosting her WVON radio program, where she helps residents identify exemptions and refunds, before formally declaring.
- Pappas, who has led the treasurer’s office since 1998 and is credited with modernization and broad refund efforts, would enter a potentially crowded 2027 field that reporters say could include Brandon Johnson and several other prominent contenders.