Chicagoans Are Picking a Mayor. Here's What Matters From 4 Key Wards.
Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday in the nation’s third-largest city, a place where neighborhoods often stand apart.
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Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday in the nation’s third-largest city, a place where neighborhoods often stand apart.
In a city known for its unions, two loom over the Paul Vallas-Brandon Johnson race, and no labor leader is as significant as the incendiary president of the Fraternal Order of Police.
The two mayoral candidates, both Democrats, are on opposite sides of the debate over crime and policing. Republicans, with an eye toward 2024, are watching closely.
When the pandemic took hold, Chicago was awash in affectionate memes featuring Lori Lightfoot, the city’s stern, no-nonsense new mayor. Since then, the joke has worn off.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces a wide field of challengers on Tuesday, including one front-runner who has portrayed Chicago as a city in disarray.