Brandon Johnson: A Progressive on Crime Candidate

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The next mayor's first term will include negotiating a new contract with the Chicago teachers union. Paul Valis and Brandon Johnson are trying to swoop up voters from Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who is not an extreme on one side or the other. Are voters lining up behind one candidate or another right now? We'll have to see where they're going to split between Johnson and Valis in the runoff.

Chicagoans feel unsafe, and many blame Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The two Democrats on the ballot to replace her have starkly different views on what the city should do next. WBEZ’s Patrick Smith and Mariah Woelfel explain.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd with help from Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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