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Chicago Mayor Election: How Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson Can Win Tuesday’s Runoff

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With the general election only one day away, moderate Paul Vallas and progressive Brandon Johnson are locked in a dead heat. After the incumbent mayor, Lori Lightfoot, was eliminated in February’s Top-Two primary, Vallas and Johnson have had the stage to themselves as they try to appeal to a broader coalition of voters. While he did not come close to winning a majority of the … [Read more...] about Chicago Mayor Election: How Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson Can Win Tuesday’s Runoff

Chicago Mayoral Election – Precinct analysis and looking ahead to the runoff

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On Tuesday, Chicago held the first round of their mayoral election. DDHQ extensively covered the election, including posting a nifty precinct-level map of results. The map features not just this week's results, but also some overlap maps of socioeconomic factors. Precinct-Level Results Lightfoot- Blue Preckwinkle- Green Daley- Red Wilson- Yellow Mendoza- … [Read more...] about Chicago Mayoral Election – Precinct analysis and looking ahead to the runoff

Chicago Mayoral Results

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DDHQ tonight has our reporter down at the Chicago Board of Elections. We will update this post as frequently as he relays to us. Refresh this page manually for latest results (expect them every 5-15 minutes, slowing to every 15-25 as night goes on). LORI LIGHTFOOT WILL ADVANCE TO THE RUNOFF (SPOT 1/2) ON APRIL 2ND TONI PRECKWINKLE WILL ADVANCE TO THE SECOND RUNOFF SPOT ON … [Read more...] about Chicago Mayoral Results

Chicago Mayoral Election Preview

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On Tuesday voters in Chicago cast their ballots to determine the nominees to be the next Mayor in a nonpartisan election. Should a candidate receive 50% of the vote, they win outright. But given the size of the field, fourteen candidates, it’s a near certainty that the runoff election scheduled for April 2nd will be needed. Cook County Board of Commissioners President Toni … [Read more...] about Chicago Mayoral Election Preview