Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot lost her re-election bid as rising crime rates dented her popularity. Some concerned business leaders had coalesced around rival Paul Vallas, who qualified for the April runoff against Brandon Johnson. WSJWhatsNow
by failing to garner enough votes to make a runoff election, a stunning fall for a candidate who had won all 50 of the city’s wards four years ago but had sparred with a powerful teachers union and been under fire for her response to rising crime.
The Associated Press declared Tuesday night that Paul Vallas, a more moderate Democrat who had won the support of the city’s police union, and Brandon Johnson, a liberal teachers union organizer, secured the two spots in April’s runoff election.
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