CHICAGO URBAN DAILY
CHICAGO (CHICAGO URBAN DAILY)— Chicago’s first-ever elected school board president race just got a late-breaking twist — and Mayor Brandon Johnson isn’t flinching.
The CPS watchdog has reopened an inquiry into Hilario Dominguez, the Chicago Teachers Union-backed candidate for school board president, over decade-old allegations from a former student. The reopening lands despite an email from an OIG assistant inspector general telling Dominguez the office had issued a June 26 “Not Substantiated” report, finding insufficient evidence of sexual misconduct toward that student or any other student or minor.
Johnson, who campaigned alongside Dominguez on Saturday, stood by him anyway. The mayor said candidates should be held to a higher standard — and called on the watchdog to complete its review “with great urgency.”
The field narrowed last week when former board vice president Sendhil Revuluri dropped out on Sept. 30, saying the gusher of special-interest cash had crowded out regular Chicagoans. That leaves a three-way fight: Dominguez, current board member Jessica Biggs (backed by SEIU Local 73 and business leaders), and prominent defense attorney Victor Henderson.
This isn’t a ceremonial seat. Voters pick all 20 board members and the president citywide on Nov. 3 — the first time in city history — and the president decides what makes it onto the monthly meeting agenda.
Stay tuned to Chicago Urban Daily as this race unfolds.
Reported by Chicago Urban Daily News. Visit chicagourbandailynews.com for updates.
