Chicago’s choice for real change.
I’m a lifelong Chicagoan running for mayor because I love this city, and I’m sick of watching it drift. Career politicians and special interests have let us down time and again. It’s time for something new.
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Meet Liam
I love this city. I’m a lifelong Chicagoan, a dad of two young kids, a Democrat, a small business owner, and the youngest of eight siblings raised in Rogers Park. Chicago has always been a place where hard work and community could lead to a good life — and that’s the promise I want to see work for every Chicagoan.
I’ve spent my career building and fixing organizations — bringing people together to get things done.
Growing
Chicago’s sub 2% growth is costing us jobs, investment, and people as other cities pull ahead. Reversing that means putting underused areas back to work, supporting small businesses, and creating the conditions for sustained, neighborhood-level growth.
Affordable
Chicago cannot thrive if families are forced out. We will focus on lowering the cost of living, expanding family-sized housing like townhouses, and removing the barriers that make it harder for people to raise children and build a future in the city.
Safe
Use modern technology and data to guide deployment, move more officers out of desk duty and back into the field, and build clear, sustained plans for community partnership. Fewer violent crimes and safety people can count on in every neighborhood.
“Hit the Gas” Platform
Fueling Chicago’s Growth
Concrete steps to build a city that’s Growing, Affordable, and Safe.
Reliable, Safe Public Transit
Install fare evasion gates and expand safety presence on the CTA. Set clear reliability standards—and hold leadership accountable when service doesn’t show up.
Family-Sized Housing
Legalize more housing and cut red tape so families can actually afford to stay here. Make it easier to build more townhomes, row homes, and missing-middle housing.
Restore Public Safety
Put 600 more officers on the street by civilianizing desk jobs, expand detective capacity, bring back ShotSpotter, dismantle citywide crews that cause mayhem, and focus relentlessly on repeat violent offenders.
Declare a Financial State of Emergency
Stop borrowing money to pay the bills, challenge or unwind the parking meter deal, launch a forensic audit, publish a Chicago Debt Clock and Pension Truth Dashboard, and implement pension reforms that put the city on a sustainable path.
Universal Childcare
Childcare shouldn’t be a luxury. Access will help parents work and kids thrive.
Reform City Hall
Implement term limits, move municipal elections to November to increase turnout, campaign finance reform, a leaner City Hall, and introduce a City Charter for greater transparency and accountability for taxpayers.
Reimagine the Loop
Turn underused spaces like alleys into vibrant destinations, more winter activity, more life after 5 p.m., and faster paths for small businesses to open.
Make Chicago the Small Business Capital of America
Create one digital front door for business owners, speed up permits and licenses, eliminate duplicative reviews, and make Chicago the easiest big city in America to start and grow a business.
Why I’m Running
Chicagoans love their city.
That's exactly why so many of us are frustrated watching it drift in the wrong direction. Costs keep going up. Too many people don't feel safe. Growth has slowed. Families are leaving. And somehow City Hall always seems to have an excuse for why the basics can't get done.
The people who got us into this mess keep telling us they're the ones who can get us out of it. I don't buy it.
I'm running for mayor to build a Chicago that's growing, affordable, and safe — a city where every Chicagoan, in every neighborhood, can put down roots and build a good life.
I refuse to accept that decline, dysfunction, and lowered expectations are the best we can do.
It’s time for new urgency, new creativity, and new ideas. And someone who brings a maniacal focus on delivering the basics.
Unlike many of the people running for this office, I'm not trying to climb a political ladder. I'm not running because some group sent me.
I'm running because I want my kids, and all of us, to have the opportunity to build our future here.
If we're serious about saving Chicago's future, we can't keep electing the same career politicians. I'm not a politician. I'm a lifelong Chicagoan running for the people who make this city worth fighting for.
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A New Coalition
We are building a new coalition of Chicagoans - young and old, longtime residents and newcomers, from every neighborhood and background - who believe Chicago should be a place where people can put down roots, and build a good life. We can do this together.
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Highlights
June 29, 2026
Who’s running for Chicago mayor in 2027? Meet the candidates
Born and raised in Rogers Park, Stanton is the founder of the Chicago Style Project, a nonprofit that supports small business owners and neighborhood growth.
June 29, 2026
Who is running for Chicago mayor?
Liam Stanton grew up in Rogers Park and is a lifelong Chicagoan…Stanton’s pitched himself as a political outsider who can bring a new perspective to City Hall. “I think we need fresh eyes to these old problems,” he said during an interview
June 29, 2026
Who is running for mayor of Chicago in 2027?
Stanton has proposed government reforms like term limits for elected officials and moving local elections to November to increase turnout. He also wants to provide universal childcare, increase CPD officers on the street and conduct a forensic audit of the city's finances.
June 11, 2026
Liam Stanton unveils "Common Sense Government Reforms”
A package of common-sense reforms to modernize Chicago government, increase accountability, boost voter participation, and put more power back in the hands of residents—not political insiders.
June 11, 2026
Liam Stanton: As Chicago’s leaders look to the next budget, they should invest more in public safety
Before Chicago enters another budget season, we should begin discussing several public safety investments that deserve serious consideration.
June 9, 2026
Liam Stanton makes his Chicago mayoral bid
First time candidate Liam Stanton launched his bid for Chicago mayor back in February. He's a businessman who has been active on social media, advertising his campaign.