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The following candidates advanced to the runoff election held on April 4 Candidate Experience Announced Ref; Brandon Johnson: Cook County commissioner from the 1st district since 2018: October 27, 2022 [7] [8] Paul Vallas: Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools (1995–2001) Candidate for mayor in 2019 Democratic nominee for ...
He defeats Paul Vallas in runoff between two Democrats
Chicago voters on Tuesday elected far-left activist and teacher’s union lobbyist Brandon Johnson to be the next mayor of the nation’s third largest city.
In time for the 1911 election the Illinois legislature passed a law which scheduled Chicago mayoral party primaries for the last Tuesday of February. [6] On June 26, 1913, Illinois became the first state east of the Mississippi River to grant women's suffrage. [7] 1915 was the first Chicago mayoral election to be held following this change. [8]
News reports suggested the following prospective candidates, who all eventually declined to run: La Shawn Ford (member of Illinois House of Representatives), [17] Stacy Davis Gates, [18] and Melissa Conyears-Ervin. [19] In the first round, Vallas and Johnson won 32.9% and 21.6% of the vote respectively and advanced to the run-off election. [20]
Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters on The post Chicago Mayor Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff appeared first on TheGrio.
Brandon Johnson (born March 27, 1976) [1] [2] is an American politician and educator who is currently serving as the 57th mayor of Chicago since 2023. [3] [4] [5] A member of the Democratic Party, Johnson previously served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 2018 to 2023, representing the 1st district.
Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, D-Ill., participates in a forum with other Chicago mayoral candidates hosted by the Chicago Women Take Action Alliance Jan. 14, 2023, at the Chicago Temple in Chicago.