Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, with his wife Stacie and children Owen, Ethan and Braedyn, greet supporters during his election victory celebration at the Marriott Marquis Chicago hotel on April 4, 2023.

New mayor faces Chicago's mounting crime issues and pension debt obligations Chicago -- Before his victory speech Tuesday, Chicago’s mayor-elect Brandon Johnson was introduced at the podium by ...

Chicago voters will choose Brandon Johnson, a progressive Cook County commissioner backed by the powerful teachers union, as the city’s next mayor, CNN projects. Johnson will win Tuesday’s ...

Brandon Johnson was elected mayor of Chicago in a major victory for progressives. Johnson, a Black teachers’ union organizer, defeated conservative Democrat Paul Vallas, a champion of charter ...

Brandon Johnson, who campaigned on his background as a public school teacher, union organizer and Cook County commissioner, will become Chicago's next mayor after winning Tuesday in the city's ...

Brandon Johnson, a union organizer and former teacher, was elected Chicago mayor on Tuesday, a major victory for the party's progressive wing as the nation's third-largest city grapples with high ...

Brandon Johnson’s election as Chicago’s next mayor represented a further leftward movement of the state’s Democratic-led politics, fueled by generational and ideological changes that are ...

Politics Brandon Johnson, a progressive organizer backed by teachers union, wins Chicago mayor’s race over moderate Paul Vallas It was a momentous win for progressive organizations such as the ...

Brandon Johnson Wins Runoff Election, Becoming The Next Mayor Of Chicago And just like that, a progressive, Black man defeated his more conservative Democratic opponent in the close race.

Some key dates in Mayor Brandon Johnson's first year in office The ongoing migrant crisis, crime, staff shake-ups, City Council turmoil — and some legislative wins for progressives — were ...

Chicago has a new mayor. Brandon Johnson defeated Paul Vallas to become the 57 th mayor of Chicago. In theory, Johnson will have 100 days to set the tone for his reign; in execution, the city will ...

Johnson wins first test of City Council muscle By a 41-9 vote, Mayor Brandon Johnson reshaped the City Council in his progressive image.