Always Quote by Ike Barinholtz

I would like to run for the mayor of the city of Chicago. That has always been an aspiration of mine even when I…

— Rahm Emanuel

I never had an interest in being a mayor ’cause that’s a real job. You have to produce. That’s why I was able to…

— Joe Biden

I want to be mayor, but I don’t need to be mayor. I’m not a career politician.

— Dick Murphy

I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the…

— Anthony A. Williams

I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

— Harold Washington

I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

— Ed Koch

I just want to do a good job as mayor.

— Kane

I think it's weird that people think someone who's not a politician could be the mayor of Chicago.

— Eric Zorn

Everybody would love to be mayor of Chicago. If you look at what we have done over many, many years and where we are…

— Richard M. Daley

People have sort of been swirling around me, going, 'Oh, you should run for mayor.' Well I didn't really want that job. 'Well, you…

— Drew Pinsky

I had always thought about running for high political office, and I was kind of waiting for the stars to line up. And, you…

— Matt Cartwright

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

— Christine Quinn