Brandon Johnson and Paul Bales in the Chicago Mayor's Race

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A new poll shows the race and a dead heat, but with a significant number of voters undecided. People are painting this as a high-stakes selection laying out the future of violence reduction in the city. Candidates for Mayor clashed over the familiar topics of police, education, and taxes. Paul Bales comes to New Orleans after running two large city school systems.

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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