Chicago Mayoral Election 2023

Endorsement wars continued Tuesday in the race for mayor of Chicago, with Paul Vallas lining up support from three more pro-police members of the City Council and Brandon Johnson getting help from women supporting abortion rights and an organization that champions reproductive rights.

With just one day left to receive mail-in ballots, it appears that more than a dozen Chicago City Council races will join the city’s mayoral race in runoff elections next month.

With three weeks to go until the 2023 Chicago mayoral runoff election, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson are both hitting the airwaves with new attack ads.

A new poll of more than 800 likely Chicago mayoral election voters found that former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas is holding a lead over Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, and several key voting blocs could play a significant role in determining the outcome of the race.

A new poll of more than 800 likely Chicago mayoral election voters found that former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas is holding a lead over Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, and several key voting blocs could play a significant role in determining the outcome of the race.

Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson has picked up the first national endorsement of the Chicago mayoral runoff campaign, as Massachusetts Senator and former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren announced her endorsement of Johnson’s campaign on Friday.

While most of the attention in the Chicago election season has been on the mayoral race, more than a dozen City Council seats remain up for grabs, and will be decided in a runoff later this spring.

With the first forum of the mayoral runoff campaign in the rear-view mirror, candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson continue to vie for endorsements from political leaders across the city as the election nears.

Chicago’s top two candidates for mayor went head-to-head in their first forum ahead of the runoff election set for April. Lisa Chavarria has the highlights.

Eight days after clinching spots in the Chicago mayoral runoff, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson met for a wide-ranging and occasionally contentious forum on Wednesday night.

For the first time, Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas squared off in a head-to-head mayoral forum on NBC Chicago Wednesday night, and you can rewatch the whole thing here.

Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson had their first televised forum in the leadup to the runoff election, and both candidates were asked a series of questions about public safety in the city.

For the first time since they secured spots in the April 4 runoff election, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a televised forum hosted by NBC 5 and Telemundo Chicago on Wednesday, March 8. Here’s how you can watch the discussion.