Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin running for 7th Congressional District

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin announced her campaign for the 7th Congressional District on Friday. 

She will throw her hat in the ring against Danny Davis. 

She's faced with ethics questions following allegations of misusing city funds. In 2020, The Chicago Tribune published a letter written by a Chicago attorney on behalf of two of the treasurer's former employees – alleging that Conyears-Ervin engaged in widespread ethics violations.

That matter was settled by the city privately. 

Her campaign released the following statement Friday: 

"As a working mother born on the South Side, raised on the West Side, and raising my daughter on the West Side, I know how hard the people of the 7th District work every day. I also know they deserve someone representing them in Congress who works as hard as they do to make our community better. "