{"id":568858,"date":"2023-04-05T05:31:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T02:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brandon-johnson-wins-chicago-mayors-race\/"},"modified":"2023-04-05T05:31:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T02:31:08","slug":"brandon-johnson-wins-chicago-mayors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brandon-johnson-wins-chicago-mayors-race\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayor\u2019s race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/JohnsonBrandon.jpeg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson is projected to win the Chicago mayoral runoff, replacing Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) as the city\u2019s next top executive, according to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, a progressive, won the election against former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, a centrist. The pair made it into the Tuesday runoff after they became the two top vote-getters during the initial February 28 election,\u00a0which included Lightfoot and eight other candidates.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>This is Johnson\u2019s first run for Chicago mayor, and the election comes as voters were forced to choose between two starkly different Democratic challengers.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to supporters just before 10:00 p.m. local time, Vallas said that \u201ceven though of course we believe every vote should be counted, I called Brandon Johnson and told him that I absolutely expect him to be the next mayor of Chicago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those remarks \u2014 part of a less-than-10 minute speech that notably omitted the words \u201cconcede\u201d or \u201cconcession\u201d \u2014 drew boos from the crowd, before Vallas interjected \u201cplease, please, please. It\u2019s critically, critically important \u2014 I mean this campaign that I ran to bring the city together would not be a campaign that fulfilled my ambitions if this election is going to divide us more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s critically important that we use this opportunity to come together, and I\u2019ve offered him my full support on his transition,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Even before the initial February election, polling had shown that the issue of crime and public safety weighed heavily on Chicago voters in a city that\u2019s still gr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ling with higher levels of crime compared to before the COVID pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vallas, who placed first during this year\u2019s initial February election, campaigned as a tough-on-crime candidate who called to have the Chicago police\u2019s officer staffing increased, having cops on a more regular neighborhood beat and having more of a police presence on Chicago transit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Meanwhile, Johnson took a more initiatives-oriented approach to the issue of public safety. Though he advocated for the promotion and hiring of 200 more police detectives, he also spoke about doubling youth employment in the city to more than 60,000 summer jobs and creating an Office of Community Safety.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, a former teacher and Chicago Teachers Union organizer, however, had to defend previous comments he made expressing support for the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement, which was thrust to the spotlight in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died under the knee of a white cop.<\/p>\n<p>During the course of the race, Cook County commissioner argued that he would not defund the police when pressed on his position during debates \u2014 underscoring how the political landscape over policing has changed in the years since the start of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Meanwhile, Vallas was forced to defend his personal politics as Johnson and Lightfoot during the initial February race painted the former CPS executive as a Republican in disguise. Vallas has been targeted for his endorsement from the Fraternal Order of Police, whose president is a supporter of former President Trump, and taken jabs at high-profile Democrats including former President Obama, a former Illinois senator, and President Biden,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/03\/09\/chicago-mayor-biden-obama-democrat-00086395\">according to Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vallas has argued he\u2019s been a \u201clifelong Democrat\u201d and has previously run as a Democrat in past elections, including as former Gov. Pat Quinn\u2019s (D) running mate.<\/p>\n<p><em>Updated: 11:02 p.m. ET<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. 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Johnson, a progressive, won the election against former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, a centrist. 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