Unofficial results in the Chicago mayor's race showed Paul Vallas with 36% of the vote with 75% of the precincts reporting.
won enough votes Tuesday to seal up a spot in the April runoff election for Chicago mayor.
Unofficial results showed Vallas with 36% of the vote, with 75% of the precincts reporting. Second was Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson at 20%, followed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot with just below 16%, U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García at 14% and businessman Willie Wilson with 9%.
Others running against Lightfoot included state Rep. Kambium “Kam” Buckner, Ald. Sophia King, 4th, Ald. Roderick Sawyer, 6th, and community activist Ja’Mal Green. They each had less than 5% of the vote.With nine candidates running, including seven Black candidates, few expected Tuesday’s election would be the final say on the 2023 race for mayor.
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