Feldman said hes disappointed about the low voter turnout among young people. Johnson lives in Chicagos Austin neighborhood, and previously worked as a teacher in the Chicago Public Schools system before being elected to the Cook County Board. He added: Tonight is the beginning of a Chicago that truly invests in all of its people. Monique Scott has been representing the 24th Ward since Lightfoot appointed her to the post in June to replace her brother, who took a job with Cinespace Chicago Film Studios. All rights reserved, Aerosmith Announces 2023 Farwell Tour; Teases to Chicago Date at United Center, Registration For 2023 Chicago Park District Summer Camps Begins Monday. Several have made previous runs at City Halls top job. pic.twitter.com/r7qsvk0ZZE. The final stage of the 2023 Chicago municipal election took place Tuesday, April 4. My name is Brandon Johnson, and I cant wait to be sworn in as the next mayor of the greatest city in the world, a euphoric Johnson, 47, told cheering supporters at the Marriott Marquis Chicago, 2121 S. Prairie Ave. To the Chicagoans who did not vote for me, heres what I want you to know: that I care about you. Johnson is the son of a pastor and worked as a social studies teacher at Edward Jenner Academy in Cabrini Green until 2010. May 1, 2023, 11:55am PDT. Archie said candidates being visible and allowing people to tell them their needs was all she needed from politicians to earn her vote. Ciaravino gives an emotional concession speech. Creative Scott, a small-business owner, received about 33% of the votes. Though 90,000 mail-in ballots remain uncounted, Vallas did not hold out for a full count that would have dragged Election Day into Easter weekend. Much of her tenure has been spent leading the city through COVID-19 and dealing with high crime, which spiked dramatically in 2020. I dont think we have enough power. And I think were going to have to organize people and try to build support for a program thats going to change things. Thats where 10th Ward Candidate Ana Guajuardo hopes to be celebrating tonight. Rep. Jess "Chuy" Garca has also earned plenty of attention for his campaign, and is looking to finish what he started after losing in a runoff to Rahm Emanuel in the 2015 election. Monique Scott (24th) stands outside of her ward office on the West Side, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. I thought it was gonna be yearsthe next generation, not my generation, said Ng, who is a second cousin of Lee. Regardless of who wins, Silver said she wants public safety to be improved in the city. After a poll ran by the Congressman showed him beating incumbent mayor Lori Lightfoot in a two-way race, U.S. Rep. Chuy Garcia is mulling a run for mayor, NBC 5's Mary Ann Ahern reports. Sometimes Paul has not been the person to stick with something, even after we had a conversation about it.. Theres a different vibe in Chicago, she said. In the 11th Ward, covering the Daley familys longtime South Side enclave of Bridgeport, Ald. After reading all of those early tea leaves, veteran political consultant Frank Calabrese, who is not affiliated with either campaign, said, Black ward turnout is not particularly high. Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune). The off-year election includes gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states, as well as numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot. We will not allow the politics of old to turn us around. Chicago Voter Turnout as of 12:00 Noon on Election Day, 4/4/23: 364,548 total ballots cast1,592,894 Registered Voters in Chicago22.9% total citywide turnout so far. He owes his meteoric rise to the millions in contributions and thousands of campaign foot soldiers provided by the CTU and its affiliates, SEIU Locals 1 and 73, SEIU Heathcare, AFSCME Council 31 and United Working Families. Incumbent Ald. Then she turned to a woman who had just registered to vote. The rest will have to wait. Its hard to know how much they actually sway voters, but they surely say a lot about the people standing beside a candidate. After analyzing Johnsons mail-in ballot performance, Calabrese predicted that Johnson would win 70% of the votes by mail that are returned, but have not yet been counted. A community activist, Green has gained public attention for his work supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, and he also has founded several community organizations, including the Small Business Repair Program and My turn to Own. A Cook County commissioner, Johnson was launched into the race with some powerful endorsements from the Chicago Teachers Union and the American Federation of Teachers. Chicagoans will hit the polls Tuesday with one big question facing them: Paul Vallas or Brandon Johnson? 1 of 98. How Chicago voted for the mayoral runoff, ward by ward, Villegas, Monique Scott win ward races as Taliaferro struggles to hold onto 29th Ward seat, Pastor William Hall to replace Ald. Despite a stormy first term, the mayor has challenged the media to find another mayor who faced the unprecedented challenges that confronted her. The. Before becoming alderman, Sawyer operated his own law firm focused mostly on licensing issues. With 91% of precincts reporting, Clay was carrying 55.3% of the vote compared to 44.7% for business executive Kim Walz, a former aide to U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley. David Brown, give burned-out, overscheduled and underappreciated officers more time off and create incentives needed to fill more than 1,400 sworn police vacancies. This campaign that I ran to bring this city together would not be a campaign that fulfilled my ambitions if this campaign is gonna divide us more. Roderick Sawyer. Jim Gardiner, who is facing Megan Mathias in the runoff. He moved from San Francisco about six months ago. Sophia King, Ald. Susan Silver, a Lincoln Park resident, has been torn over who to vote for mayor, stuck between the Chicago Teachers Union-backed Johnson and Fraternal Order of Police-endorsed Vallas. Ward race results are pouring in for the 14 runoff races. While she made it, she said other young people might skip the polls for other reasons. Supporters of Paul Vallas at his election-night gathering at the Hyatt Regency in the Loop. Elections. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election will take place on April 4, 2023. Young people should be excited to be able to vote, he said. We outperformed on the South Side in terms of the margin. I-55 Shut Down in Both Directions Due to Large Crash' Amid Dust Storm in South-Central Illinois, Blowing Dust Warning' Issued in Illinois After Dust Storm Causes Large I-55 Crash, Portillo's Adds New Menu Item to Restaurants Nationwide and It's Now Available, How Much Could You Get in New $725M Facebook Settlement? Monique Scott packed Soul to celebrate the candidates early lead. (Hall) came and talked to us also and helped the seniors.. With 99.6% of precincts reporting, Johnson had 51.42% of the vote to 48.58% for Vallas a margin of 15,872 votes of 557,422 cast. Those numbers could change as mail-in ballots continue to trickle in, but they appear unlikely to challenge Lees commanding lead. She said shed like to see more funding for schools and smaller classroom sizes to help kids catch up. Guests included former Alds. Nicole Lee gathered at her watch party at New Furama restaurant in Chicagos Chinatown neighborhood as polls closed throughout the ward and city. Thats when he became the 15th member of Mayor Richard M. Daleys cabinet to leave or be fired as a result of the Hired Truck, city hiring and minority contracting scandals after being named a cooperating witness in the federal investigation. Walz conceded less than two hours after the polls closed. Vallas is the former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, and has also run in several statewide races, losing the Democratic gubernatorial primary in 2002 and losing the 2014 governors race as Pat Quinns running mate. Its a shame. Crime is the most important issue facing Chicago, Cuadra said. She has promised to work toward expanding economic opportunity across the city and to continue her work in bolstering education, police reform and neighborhood development if elected to a second term. Sophia King, 4th (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune). See full results and maps from the 2023 Chicago mayoral election. In the 6th Ward, Pastor William Hall won the Tuesday runoff against fellow minister Richard Wooten to replace outgoing Ald. Brandon Johnson has served in the Cook County Board of Commissioners since 2018, when he defeated incumbent Richard Boykin in the 1st District that covers the western suburbs and West Side of Chicago. Supporters of 11th Ward aldermanic candidate Anthony Ciaravino trickled into Stockyards Garage in New City, where they gathered just over a month prior as Ciaravino secured his position in the runoff against Lori Lightfoot appointee Ald. Gilbert Villegas in the 36th Ward that was redrawn to include parts of Humboldt Park, among other areas; and Ald. Brandon Johnson defeated Paul Vallas in the runoff election for mayor of Chicago, Illinois, on April 4, 2023. Johnson drove home the point, portraying himself as the real Democrat in the race. Mary Ann Ahern reports. Several analysts predicted he could win up to 70% of the uncounted absentee votes. Hall will replace outgoing Ald. Mah said she is optimistic that with a Lee victory in the 11th Ward, more Asian American voters will become engaged in the democratic process. For an interactive map version of the ward-by-ward mayoral race results, click here. As soon as he hits that age mark, hell be voting too, Cope said. Its a couple of percentage points higher than it was. And thats meant something. Clendennings grown children attended CPS and she still serves on the local school council of Kenwood Academy. Because this campaign has always been about building a better, stronger, safer Chicago for all the people of Chicago. There were 1,114 outstanding mail-in ballots. Archie said her decision was made by candidates knocking on her door which she said Johnson and 6th Ward aldermanic candidate William Hall, who she voted for in February and Tuesday afternoon, did. Before her tenure as mayor, she served in a variety of positions, including as president of the Chicago Police Board. Ald. With a burst of good will generated by his $1.2 million gas giveaways, millionaire businessman Willie Wilson on Monday joined the race to send Mayor Lori Lightfoot into political retirement after a single term. Brandon Johnson walks on stage with his family to speak at his election night party at the Marriott Marquis Chicago after defeating Paul Vallas in the mayoral runoff election. The candidates were about 1,828 votes apart with all precincts reporting, though there were as many as 3,481 uncounted mail-in ballots. Bottom row, from left: Activist Ja'Mal Green, Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas, businessman Willie Wilson. Scroll down for a detailed summary of Election Day coverage from the Sun-Times and WBEZ. Only a handful of voters had trickled into the basement of the Welles Park fieldhouse within an hour of the polls opening at 6 a.m. on Tuesday. Copyright 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC. Mosley was calling the race for himself, according to his spokeswoman, Ebonee Dawson. Ald. At Perkins Bass Elementary School in Englewood, a 16th Ward polling place, a slow stream of voters had trickled in throughout the day. He said public safety and economic development, specifically jobs, were the biggest issues for him, but that it boiled down to somebody whos gonna do some good, especially for the South Side.. Since joining the mayoral race, Buckner, a self-styled progressive Democrat, has been steadily rolling out policy proposals, including improving CTA service and safety, boosting the citys environmental commitments, and filling vacancies at Chicago Police Department.
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