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Business now has business to run and needs stability. Johnson has a city to run. In those realities may the basis for peace, or at least an understanding if not an alliance.

“Chicago, how the heck are you?” Johnson called out, upon taking the stage at the Grand Horizon Ballroom, 2121 S. Prairie Ave., to claim victory. “Tonight is the gateway to a new future for our city.”

Nearly a quarter of the city will get new political leadership in 2023, a result of an unprecedented exodus of veteran alderpeople that will herald — along with the election of a new mayor — the start of a new era at City Hall.

Backed by the powerful Chicago teachers Union, he waged an unapologetically progressive campaign and saw off a “law and order” opponent. Now comes the hard part.

Brandon Johnson, a Chicago Teachers Union member, is running for mayor against Paul Vallas, a former schools CEO and longstanding union antagonist.

(The Center Square) – Chicagoans will elect their next mayor on Tuesday. As the race remains close, the two candidates are focusing on education. Polling by Northwestern University shows that as of late March, Paul Vall...

The candidates exchanged barbs in the hour-long debate held by WBEZ’s Reset. There was little new in their remarks, except for their reaction to former President Donald Trump’s indictment and a question about Chicago’s Public Health Director, Dr. Allison Arwady.

(The Center Square) – With the runoff election for Chicago mayor less than two weeks away, the candidates are gaining support from different groups. Recent polling by Fox 32 Chicago shows that as of late March, former C...

Chicago voters have denied Mayor Lori Lightfoot a second term. Candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to succeed her. Tuesdays election was a rebuke of

Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters on Tuesday denied incumbent Lori Lightfoot a second term, issuing a rebuke to a leader who made history as head of the nation's third-largest city.