The Windy City decided on its new mayor Tuesday after a tight race between two blues, with a progressive, Bernie Sanders-endorsed Democrat taking the keys to the Chicago mayor's office.
Progressive Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson defeated his moderate opponent, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, to take the Chicago mayor's race, replacing outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who came in third before the runoff.
Vallas garnered the support of the Chicago police union and major business groups while Johnson got the backing of Chicago's teacher's union.
Lightfoot became the first Chicago mayor in four decades to lose a re-election bid.
Chicago's rampant crime problem played a major role in voters' decision to give Lightfoot the boot as the city saw crime go through the roof during her tenure.
The number of homicides in Chicago in 2021 hit a 25-year-high reaching 797, according to the Chicago Police Department.
"Her policies damaged Chicago politically, economically, sociologically."
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