2,000 police officers but did not offer specifics on how he would raise the funds. He opposed making the school board an elected body, and he favored extending the school day and school year. Chico picked up endorsements from unions that represented, among others, police officers, firefighters, laborers, painters, operating engineers, iron workers, roofers, and sheet metal workers. Chico attacked Rahm Emanuel's proposal to lower the sales tax and increase the service tax. He derided Emanuel's proposed service tax increase the "Rahm tax", and discounted Emanuel's claim that this increase would be offset the by his proposed sales tax decrease. He sought to garner additional media attention with his "Rahm tax" attacks, but to little avail. In the results of the election on February 22, Emanuel's 55% support dwarfed Chico's 24% support. Chico placed second. Chico won in 10 of Chicago's 50 wards, while Emanuel won 40. The campaign's communications director claimed that controversy over Emanuel's eligibility to run for mayor may have diverted the focus of the press away from the other candidates. After the election, Chico remained involved in the runoff elections for other city offices, endorsing a candidate for 25th Ward alderman. State Board of Education Chico was named chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education in June 2011. His confirmation was delayed as a result of questions regarding his ties to the Save-A-Life Foundation, a failed charity that was undergoing investigation by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office. 2019 campaign for Mayor of Chicago Chico ran for mayor again in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election. During his candidacy, Chico was perceived to be seeking strong support from hispanic voters. In the end, he received the second-highest support among hispanic voters of any candidate in the first round, placing behind Susana Mendoza. However, hispanic voter turnout was low in the election. Chico was one of four mayoral candidates (alongside Bill Daley, Susana Mendoza, and Toni Preckwinkle) that had political ties to Alderman Edward M. Burke, whose corruption scandal upended the race for mayor. Chico was particularly tied to Burke, having received his endorsement in the mayoral election. Chico made efforts to distance himself from Burke. Chico touted his experience. He staked much of his candidacy upon his record at Chicago Public Schools and Chicago City Colleges. Chico placed eighth of fourteen candidates, with 6.20% of the vote. After failing to advance to the runoff, Chico endorsed