{"id":73685,"date":"2018-12-10T14:48:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T20:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=73685"},"modified":"2018-12-10T14:48:50","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T20:48:50","slug":"jamal-green-looks-to-become-youngest-mayor-in-chicago-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/jamal-green-looks-to-become-youngest-mayor-in-chicago-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja&#8217;Mal Green looks to become youngest Mayor in Chicago history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Casey Bannon<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 26, Ja&#8217;Mal Green made history by becoming the youngest person ever to file the 12,500 signatures required to make it on February&#8217;s Chicago mayoral ballot. Despite his age, the 23-year-old activist and entrepreneur is no stranger to voicing his opinion on anything Chicago-related. Now, he&#8217;s hoping to use that voice from behind the mayor&#8217;s desk. We caught up with the rising star on his campaign trail to find out why he&#8217;s running for office and how he got to this point.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Ja&#039;Mal Green Runs for Mayor\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/304255953?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Ja&#8217;Mal Green talks on the phone during his mayoral campaign. (Casey Bannon\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Casey Bannon Medill Reports On Nov. 26, Ja&#8217;Mal Green made history by becoming the youngest person ever to file the 12,500 signatures required to make it on February&#8217;s Chicago mayoral ballot. Despite his age, the 23-year-old activist and entrepreneur is no stranger to voicing his opinion on anything Chicago-related. 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