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Brandon Johnson (born March 27, 1976) [1] is an American educator and politician who is currently serving as the 57th mayor of Chicago since 2023. [2] [3] [4] A member of the Democratic Party, Johnson previously served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to 2023, representing the 1st district.
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Johnson is a former public school teacher and organizer for the Chicago Teachers union, which he supported during a strike in 2019. He was one of 10 siblings growing up in Cabrini Green, a former public housing complex where he later became a teacher. He's raising three children in a neighborhood on the West Side that sees some of the city's highes...
Homicide rates in Chicago were falling steadily until they reached a 25-year high in 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Homicides decreasedlast year while crimes including carjackings and robberies increased. Johnson said a policing-first approach has failed and the city should invest in mental health treatment, affordable house and jobsfor young peo...
Lightfoot, the city's first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve as mayor, left City Hall on Friday in a maroon Cadillacamid cheers from her supporters and members of her administration. Lightfoot, who has faced criticism for her handling of the teacher's strike, the pandemic and the 2020 racial justice protests among other issues, told...
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Apr 4, 2023 · Just over a month after finishing in the runner-up spot in the first round of the mayoral election, Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson has defeated former Chicago Public Schools CEO...
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Apr 5, 2023 · Former union organiser Brandon Johnson has been elected as Chicago's next mayor in a victory widely seen as a boost for progressive Democrats. Mr Johnson, 47, won the hotly contested race...
Who is Brandon Johnson? Chicagoans narrowly elected Brandon Johnson, putting the unabashed progressive in charge of a city struggling on numerous fronts.
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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Apr 24, 2023 · Brandon Johnson — the Cook County commissioner, former Chicago Teachers Union organizer and Chicago Public Schools teacher — was inaugurated as Chicago’s 57th mayor.
