NEW: Chicago Mayoral Runoff Candidate Brandon Johnson Gets Endorsement From Sen. Bernie Sanders
Although Johnson saw success in high-turnout wards along the north lakefront, registering victories in the 47th and 48th Wards which each posted turnouts above 48 percent, many of the city's other high-turnout wards broke heavily in challenger Paul Vallas' favor.
Of the 15 wards where first-round turnout exceeded 40 percent, 10 had voted in favor of Paul Vallas, according to the In the 10 high-turnout wards that Vallas carried, Johnson failed to capture at least 20 percent of the vote in six of them, while registering under 10 percent of the vote in the 13th, 19th and 41st Wards.
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