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Mar 1, 2023 · According to the CBOE, Vallas won 20 wards, Lightfoot won 16 wards, Johnson won nine and García won five. Although Lightfoot won more individual wards than Johnson, Johnson won more votes ...
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Apr 5, 2023 · Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union, won a close race over former Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas, who was backed by the police union. Johnson, 47, will succeed Lori Lightfoot, the first Black woman and first openly gay person to be the city’s mayor.
- SARA BURNETT
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Apr 5, 2023 · Brandon Johnson will be the next mayor of Chicago, NBC News projected Tuesday, marking a stunning turn for a staunch progressive and former teacher whose campaign leaned into messages of racial...
- Natasha Korecki
- 2 min
- Senior National Politics Reporter
- Johnson Gained Ground While Vallas Hit A ‘Ceiling’
- Support in Black Precincts Underpinned Johnson’s Win
- Changes in Voter Turnout Benefited Johnson
- Younger Voters Made Their Mark
- Where Are The Remaining Ballots?
Heading into the runoff, a looming question for both candidates was who would sway the voters who chose a different candidate in the February general election. In the runoff election, most of these votes that were considered “up for grabs” went to Johnson, proving decisive in his slim victory over Vallas. In the February general election, Johnson a...
Between the general and runoff elections, both Johnson and Vallas gained a similar number of votes in majority-Latino, majority-white precincts. Johnson gained nearly twice as many votes as Vallas did in precincts with no racial majority. But it was Johnson’s wins in majority-Black precincts, where he gained more than 80,000 votes than he had in Fe...
Preliminary citywide turnout stands at 35%, but it is expected to increase and surpass turnout in the February general election as more mail-in ballots get counted. Collectively, turnout in precincts that Johnson won was lower than it was in precincts that Vallas carried — 32% compared to 39%. Despite the lower turnout, Johnson benefited from runof...
Overall, younger voters are still underrepresented in the electorate relative to their share of the population. But in the runoff, at least 6,000 more Gen Z and younger millennial voters cast ballots compared to the general election. The increase is based on preliminary turnout reported at the end of April 4, and it’s unclear how ballots cast by vo...
In February’s election, about half of the outstanding mail-in ballots as of Feb. 27, the day before Election Day, were returned and counted, according to Max Bever, director of public information at the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Assuming a similar rate of return, there will likely be about 45,000 ballots returned of the 90,000 outsta...
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Apr 5, 2023 · Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, a paid organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union, will become Chicago’s 57th mayor. “My name is Brandon Johnson, and I can’t wait to be sworn in as the next mayor of the greatest city in the world,” a euphoric Johnson, 47, told cheering supporters at the Marriott Marquis Chicago, 2121 S. Prairie Ave.
Apr 5, 2023 · CHICAGO — Brandon Johnson, a county commissioner and teachers’ union organizer who called for a vast expansion of social programs in Chicago, as well as new taxes, was elected mayor of the...
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Feb 28, 2023 · Chicago Mayor Election Results. Mayor Lori Lightfoot, whose outsider status and promises to enact sweeping reforms propelled her to office four years ago, is seeking a second term amid a...
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