Chicagoans voted Brandon Johnson to be the city’s next mayor on April 4. The increased turnout of youth voters pushed Johnson to his win. Youth voters ages 18 to 24 years old had the largest increase of turnout for the runoff election. In the primary election on Feb. 28, this voter demographic made up only.
After a long haul, Chicagoans decided on Tuesday that Brandon Johnson will be the city’s 57th mayor. At the time of publishing, the current member of the Cook County Commissioners won 51.4% of the votes. Johnson’s opponent, Paul Vallas, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), finished with 48.6% of the votes with 91% of.