Polls show Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas running neck and neck with a large portion of voters undecided. The WTTW News Spotlight Politics team breaks down this big story and more.
The close margin between the two candidates — who differ on nearly every issue from public safety to education and the city’s finances — means that the result of the most hotly contested runoff in Chicago history might not be known Tuesday night. More than 199,600 Chicagoans have requested a mail-in ballot, and while those votes must be postmarked no later than Tuesday, they will be counted as long as they arrive by April 18, officials said.
Cardenas served as Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s deputy floor leader and was a reliable supporter of her initiatives and policies before resigning from the City Council to join the Board of Review and backing Vallas. “I don’t think I crossed the line,” said Cardenas, who could not provide any evidence to WTTW News that the Johnson campaign had violated election law, which prohibits voters from being coerced into requesting a mail-in ballot and bans campaigns from dropping off completed ballots.
“At a time when so many Republican politicians are peddling election denial and undermining public trust in elections, it’s unacceptable for Paul Vallas to stand by while one of his leading surrogates spews authoritarian, anti-democratic Fox News-style conspiracies,” said Ronnie Reese, a spokesperson for the Johnson campaign.
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