Innovation refunds. our politics lead now. progressive democrat brandon johnson will be the next mayor of chicago after defeating more moderate democrat paul vallas by a razor thin margin and in the perennial battleground state of wisconsin voters made their choice for a seat on the state supreme court, which could have major national implications. voters picked the more liberal judge of the to cnn s omar jimenez. following these key midwestern races for us omar in the chicago mayoral campaign crime was one of the central issues. so how was johnson able to defeat vallis ballots had the backing of the chicago police union. yeah, jake. i mean, this was really a barometer for where big city democratic voters are. at this point, brendan johnson was more progressive candidate had the support of the likes of senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren had the backing of the teachers union and then on the other side, paul vallas, the more moderate had the support of
I think you re absolutely right, there is an increase of trauma. there is an increase in violence that needs to be addressed. i never want to play that down, although i do think crime is complicated in regional, and worth discussing in a complicated. way the point i m trying to make, that doesn t immediately lead to more law enforcement, in fact, more law enforcement and genders that crime and distrust of the system that we re trying to address, right? so, in that way, ted cruz and eric adams are two sides of the same coin. it s hard to say that it s hard to see that, big city democratic mayor in new york, but they operate under the same understanding that punishment is the only way to address harm, and to fix the problems that we see, post pandemic. josie duffy writes, thank
Legal issues in this country. earlier this month in fact he made a case against the background of prospective justices is not some form of quarter designed to appease decision, it stems from the bedrock principles of democratic governance. after, all the supreme court exercises immense power to that power to be and for americans to continue placing faiths in the court. its members must be representative of all america. there was a cap to his storied career in his beloved home state university of north carolina, a law school, and the supreme court itself where he clerked for justice in 1969 delegate join the
Despite president trump being as weak as any president has been in polling this early into his term, he s basically in a tie race when you pose the question against donald trump versus hillary clinton in a rematch. and so i do think that inside the democratic party, eric barseti, the mayor of los angeles, mitch landrieu, appearing together. it may be we ll see an ideological fight inside the democratic party, but i think we ll see outside candidates running for the nomination against washington, d.c. they may well come out of the mayoral ranks, big city democratic leaders who have to deal with issues involving pragmatism and solutions, not just ideology. i d love to have that discussion, especially discuss those two names. we ve run out of time for this opportunity. i m saying we re going to have our two guests back to have that conversation. our great thanks to heather mcgee and steve schmidt.