Today, Chicago voters will cast ballots to elect a new mayor. Incumbent LoriLightfoot has hard a time wooing voters as ample crime sweeps the city, earning just 13.6% of the vote in recent polling.
Facing eight challengers, Lightfoot would have a mathematically difficult time locking up more than 50% of the vote even if she were broadly popular.That does not appear to be the case. One recent poll had Lightfoot earning just 13.6% of the vote, trailing two rivals.
“There’s fatigue with the status quo, but that’s true all across the country,” Charles Lipson, political science professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, told the Washington Examiner. “My sense is that the whole country is angry, disappointed, feels betrayed by the experts who were supposed to know the right answers and haven’t.
At the same time, the system’s budget and operating costs have exploded, thanks in large part to the power of the Chicago Teachers Union.Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson landed the endorsement and financial backing of the Chicago Teachers Union, which has helped him build credibility as a progressive contender in the race.Meanwhile, former school superintendent Paul Vallas has surged by pitching himself as tougher on crime than Lightfoot.
Vallas has pursued a playbook similar to the one that propelled New York City Mayor Eric Adams over a crowded Democratic primary field in 2021. Decrying New York City’s intense crime problem, Adams ran to the right of liberal rivals in a multiperson primary in which his message found unexpected resonance.
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