Do Endorsements Matter?

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Do Endorsements Matter?

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Newspapers, unions, and even celebrities are throwing their weight — and in some cases, money — behind their choice for Chicago’s next mayor. This week, the WBEZ politics team digs in to a time-honored political tradition: endorsements. Do they still matter in 2019?

Reporting by Tony Arnold, Dave McKinney Claudia Morell, and Becky Vevea. Editing by Cate Cahan. Production by James Edwards and Becky Vevea.

Each week at On Background, WBEZ’s team of political reporters brings you the backstory on the week’s big story. Host Becky Vevea and guests take you inside the back rooms of Chicago and Illinois government to better understand the people, places and forces shaping today’s politics.