Chicago’s far-left Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces an uncertain future as her city has become a mecca for rampant crime, leaving residents feeling unsafe. Chicago hit a 25-year record for crime. Her failure on the crime issue, which has left countless residents harmed, robbed, or killed, is opening a channel for multiple challengers to the first-term mayor. November 28 is the filing deadline for the mayorship, and Lightfoot is seeking another term.

Fox News reports:

Several candidates who aim to serve as Chicago’s 57th mayor told Fox News Digital they believe that Lightfoot has not fulfilled promises to make the city a safer environment as they stressed the importance of supporting police and tackling crime head on.

“Chicago needs a leader who understands our city, its people, its history and its character. It needs someone who is a consensus builder, someone who is willing to work with everyone from across the city, who doesn’t get into feuds and has a thick skin. None of those things describe our current mayor,” said Roderick Sawyer, the son of former Chicago Mayor Eugene Sawyer.

Looking to follow in his father’s footsteps as mayor, Sawyer, a current member of the Chicago City Council who was elected to represent the South Side’s 6th Ward in 2011, insisted that a “role such as mayor requires someone who has a history of working on budgets, passing legislation and finding practical solutions.”

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Similarly, Frederick Collins, a 29-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, told Fox that he believes Chicago needs “a leader who will not only listen to its citizens and their needs, but take charge of the immediate issues plaguing our city and get real results.”

Collins said, “The citizens of this great city are sick and tired of this unprecedented crime wave, which has now touched neighborhoods like nothing before.”