Chicago mayoral election

[Derec]

Well, Lori Lightfoot lost. Came in third, but nobody got >50%, so it will go to the runoff in April.
It's between Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson.

Lori Lightfoot becomes the first Chicago mayor in 40 years to lose re-election

Lightfoot, a Democrat, failed to get enough votes in the nine-person race to move on to an April 4 runoff election, according to projections by The Associated Press.
Paul Vallas, a former CEO of Chicago schools, will face Brandon Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union.
Ideologically, the choice between Vallas and Johnson is stark. Vallas ran as a moderate law-and-order candidate, while Johnson ran on an unabashedly progressive agenda.
But Chicagoans sent a message that they wanted change, rejecting both an incumbent mayor and a sitting congressman. Lightfoot is the first incumbent elected Chicago mayor to lose re-election since 1983, when Jane Byrne, the city's first female mayor, lost her primary.

Vallas finished ahead, but it's anybody's game for the runoff. I really hope Vallas gets it, since Johnson has previously endorsed defunding police.

 

[lostone]

Score one for Johnson. The police are out of control.

 

[Oleg]

But that hasn't eased anxieties among Chicagoans. A recent poll said 63% of Chicagoans said they didn't feel safe.

Vallas might win.

 

[Derec]

Unfortunately, the far left police defunder Brandon Johnson won the runoff.
So nothing will change.

This is good news for robbers, carjackers, people who randomly shoot at cars at 3am etc.

 

[Patooka]

I'm shocked you would support Vallas over Johnson. But then I realised I didn't know who the fuck either one of them are and googled them.