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Chicago’s youngest voting bloc — 18-to-24-year-olds — has the lowest turnout relative to size, though nearly a third more cast ballots in the April runoff than in the first round of mayoral voting in February.

Brandon Johnson campaigned on promises to make Chicago a leader in sustainability.

Mayoral winner Brandon Johnson promised to make Chicago a leader in sustainability and environmental justice.

CHICAGO, Ill.—Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, was elected the 57th mayor of Chicago on April 4, according to ...

Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will be on the ballot on Tuesday in Chicago.

The issues of crime and policing have dominated the runoff election, which was necessary because no candidate earned a majority of the vote in the first round of voting back in February.

Shia Kapos' must-read rundown of political news in the Land of Lincoln

On March 31, 2003, bulldozers sent by Mayor Richard M. Daley destroyed the runway at Meigs Field. The move was seen then and now as an example of mayoral overreach.

In a city that's almost evenly split between white, Black and Hispanic residents, experts say the third group could ultimately decide the election.

Chicago’s closely watched mayoral race is shining a spotlight on the racial divisions that have long characterized the city. Brandon Johnson, a progressive Black man, and Paul Vallas, a moderate white man, have largely seen their support fall along racial lines. Johnson, former Cook County commissioner, has managed to secure support from predominantly Black neighborhoods, […]