Breakdown of Chicago mayor vote by precinct
See how each precinct voted in the April 4 runoff
See how each precinct voted in the April 4 runoff
Johnson, a former teacher and longtime Chicago Teachers Union organizer, was leading Vallas by a margin of 51.4% to 48.6%, a difference of about 16,000 votes, with about 99.6% of precincts reporting.
We're providing live updates on the race for mayor and 14 City Council runoff elections.
Brandon Johnson celebrated his victory over Paul Vallas in the runoff election for Chicago mayor Tuesday night, after the Associated Press projected him as the winner by less than 3 points.
Chicago has decided. The Associated Press is projecting Brandon Johnson as the winner in the race for mayor, and Paul Vallas conceded just before 10 p.m. CBS 2 has team coverage of the mayoral runoff.
With the Associated Press projecting Brandon Johnson to win the race for Chicago mayor, rival Paul Vallas told his supporters he has offered Johnson his "full support on his transition."
CBS 2's Jim Williams and Marie Saavedra are at Vallas headquarters.
Johnson is neck-and-neck with Paul Vallas in the mayoral runoff. CBS 2 Political Analysts Derrick Blakley and Ald. Leslie Hairston have analysis. Meanwhile, Dana Kozlov and Chris Tye are live at Johnson headquarters, while Jim Williams and Marie Saavedra are live at Vallas headquarters.
The race is 50-50 with most of the precincts reporting. CBS 2 Political Analysts Derrick Blakley and Ald. Leslie Hairston have analysis.
CBS 2 Political Analysts Derrick Blakley and Ald. Leslie Hairston join us for analysis in this mayoral runoff election now that the polls have closed.
The race for Chicago mayor is winding down, with polls closing in less than two hours. Much of the campaign has been focused on schools, and the city's loss of population, but without a doubt the top issue has been public safety. Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas have offered starkly different approaches to addressing crime.
They weren’t there at the same time, but mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson both stopped at Manny’s Cafeteria & Delicatessen at 1141 S. Jefferson St.
The race for mayor of Chicago is in the home stretch. Polls close at 7 p.m., and the vote counting will begin. We have team coverage taking a closer look at how candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson got where they are today.
After months of stump speeches, campaign ads, and shaking hands with voters, the candidates for Chicago mayor are approaching the finish line, as voters will finally decide whether Paul Vallas or Brandon Johnson will be the city’s 57th mayor.
CBS 2's Jackie Kostek is following the mayoral race, with Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas busy stumping for undecided votes.
For the third straight municipal election, the race for mayor is coming down to a runoff, with Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson facing former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas.
Voters will decide Tuesday who will be Chicago's mayor for the next four years.
The mayoral candidates went out campaigning around the city on election eve Monday. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Vallas has also been vilified by the Chicago Teachers Union - which is backing his opponent, Brandon Johnson. The CTU's contract is up next year.
CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov sat down with mayoral finalist Paul Vallas for one last time before the election. Vallas indicated closing public schools – in their current form – may be on the table.
With the finish line in sight, both mayoral candidates spent the day campaigning across the city Monday – delivering last-minute messages to undecided voters. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
With new numbers in Sunday, the race itself has already shattered records.
Both candidates are leaning on churchgoers for support.
Both candidates are leaning on churchgoers for support.
Democratic leaders will rally with candidate Paul Vallas Sunday afternoon, the campaign announced.
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On Wednesday, student activists at the U of C were joined by Chicago Public Schools students—who marched and held a protest of their own.
The Borealis Service begins Tuesday, May 21, according to Amtrak.
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Shota Imanaga (5-0), making his sixth start, allowed three hits and walked one with seven strikeouts to lower his ERA to 0.78.
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A guest speaker will also give firsthand accounts about the situation in Gaza amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
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The Better Business Bureau warns that anyone buying an event ticket should watch out for fake ticket scams.
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Anyone with these sausages in their refrigerators should throw them away or return them to the store.
First known HIV cases from a nonsterile injection for cosmetic reasons highlights the risk of unlicensed providers.
The city's measles dashboard said a total of 63 measles cases have been confirmed in Chicago this year, with one new case this week.
The department said anyone who visited the Sam's Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park one day last week may have been exposed to someone with measles.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
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The Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to notify workers of mass layoffs 60 days in advance.
Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The company announced Tuesday that it received a stalking horse bid to purchase its operating assets.
Dozens of typewriters clutter the shelves of the 24-year-old business owner's workshop inside his parents' home in Downers Grove.
Paramount said long-time CEO Bob Bakish will leave the company, which is in discussions to explore a sale or merger.
The vinyl sales alone were monumental, Billboard said, with "the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era."
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges has been overturned by the State of New York Court of Appeals.
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The singer was found deceased at her home, a representative said.
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Xavier Tate Jr. was apprehended Wednesday night at an apartment complex in Glendale Heights where a neighbor said he was known. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
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On Wednesday, student activists at the U of C were joined by Chicago Public Schools students—who marched and held a protest of their own. CBS 2's Marybel Gonzalez reports.
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On Wednesday, student activists at the U of C were joined by Chicago Public Schools students—who marched and held a protest of their own.
The suit, filed by three Jewish students, called the encampment "a dystopic cesspool of hate in the 2 school's lush green center," and accused Northwestern of coddling the protest.
A meeting on the subject Wednesday was not in person, but virtual—and notably absent was Gov. Pritzker himself.
The Borealis Service begins Tuesday, May 21, according to Amtrak.
Expert panel discussion centers the focus on the disparity that 1 in 3 victims of crime in Chicago is a Black woman
Police arrived at the scene sooner than if they had waited for the first 911 call.
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LaPorte County Sheriff's deputies found multiple vacuum-sealed packages of drugs in a pickup truck during a traffic stop.