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This two-round election took place alongside other 2023 Chicago elections, including races for City Council, city clerk, city treasurer, and police district councils. The election was officially nonpartisan , with winner Brandon Johnson being elected to a four-year term which began on May 15.
Election 2023 Chicago Mayor Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson speaks to supporters after defeating Paul Vallas in the mayoral runoff election, late Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo ...
Brandon Johnson, a staunch progressive and former teacher, will be the next mayor of Chicago, NBC News projected.
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.
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]
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pauses during her concession speech as her spouse Amy Eshleman applauds during an election night party for the mayoral election Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Chicago.
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.
Lightfoot won the runoff election on April 2, 2019, becoming mayor-elect of Chicago. [13] She won more than 73% of the overall vote in the runoff, winning in all 50 wards of the city. [69] Lightfoot won all but 20 of the city's 2,069 voting precincts. [70] Voter turnout was 32.89%, almost a record low. [71]