Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson became the 57th mayor of Chicago Tuesday night when he defeated fellow Democrat Paul Vallas in a run-off election. Johnson garnered 286,647 votes to 270,775 votes for Vallas. Succeeding Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the 47-year-old Johnson will lead the third-largest city in the U.S., which has seen a marked increase in violent crime […]
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