Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fails to win reelection as two challengers advance to a runoff, AP reports.
a second term, issuing a rebuke to a leader who made history as head of the nation's third-largest city.
Johnson, a Cook County commissioner, received about $1 million from the Chicago Teachers Union for his campaign and had support from several other progressive organizations, including United Working Families. The former teacher and union organizer has argued that the answer to addressing crime is not more money for police but more investment in mental health care, education, jobs and affordable housing, and he was accused by rivals such as Lightfoot of wanting to defund the police.
During the campaign, Lightfoot touted her record of investing in neighborhoods and supporting workers, such as by increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour. She also noted that the city had navigated unprecedented challenges, including the pandemic and its economic and public safety fallout, and protests over policing.
"Lori has had her chance," said Lonnell Jolly, a 45-year-old customer service representative who lives on the West Side and voted for businessman Willie Wilson."Since Lori Lightfoot has been in office, it seems like crime has gotten worse." Lightfoot has accused Vallas of using"the ultimate dog whistle" by saying his campaign is about"taking back our city," and of cozying up to the president of the Fraternal Order of Police, whom she calls a racist.also found Vallas's Twitter account had liked racist tweets and tweets that mocked Lightfoot's appearance and referred to her as masculine.
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