News & Politics
For years, Joanna Klonsky staffed long-shot campaigns and causes, because she believed in them, knowing full well they had a slim chance of succeeding. She worked for them because she thought it was the right thing to do. But then some of them started to win. And then, she joined the Lightfoot for Mayor campaign, which at the beginning looked a lot like other slim-to-none campaigns. And then…incomprehensively, Lightfoot started to look like a winner. And then she won. And now, as a result of that all or nothing bet, Joanna Klonsky has become one of the most influential people in Chicago politics.