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Ask The Mayor: October, 20 2026

October 20, 2026

Sasha-Ann Simons (0:12)

Hey Chicago, I'm Sasha-Ann Simons, and this is In the Loop.

Mayor Brandon Johnson is back in the studio for our monthly series Ask the Mayor. This is when he stops by and answers your questions and ours. And there's a lot to get to today with less time. Ask the Mayor is a bit shorter now in the lead up to the February election, as we bring on candidates running for the…

Brandon Johnson (1:16)

Well, listen, I promised to build the safest, most affordable big city in America and that's what we're building here. More affordable homes under my administration, more resources into our public schools under my administration, more young people hired in the history of Chicago under my administration, reopening…

After 30 plus years of malfeasance and negligence, we are now finally prioritizing the values of working people, and our work is not done.

Sasha-Ann Simons (1:51)

Now, speaking of the work, a new NORC poll was released yesterday. The results found 53% of Chicagoans overall disapproved of your job performance, while only 22% approved. Another 25% had no opinion. How concerned does that make you? What does 22% signal to you?

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