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Chicago mayoral race: Lightfoot ousted, but no clear winner yet

Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters denied incumbent Lori Lightfoot a second term, issuing a rebuke to a leader who made history as head of the nation’s third-largest city.

Mr. Vallas, a former school CEO backed by the police union, and Mr. Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union, advanced to the April 4 runoff after none of the nine candidates were able to secure over 50% of the vote on Tuesday to win outright.

Ms. Lightfoot, the first Black woman and first openly gay person to lead the city, won her first term in 2019, after promising to end decades of corruption and backroom dealing at City Hall. But opponents blamed Ms. Lightfoot for an increase in crime that occurred in cities across the United States during the pandemic and criticized her as being a divisive, overly contentious leader.

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