The Chicago mayoral race is down to the wire as the runoff election approaches, with national and local Democrats split between candidates Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas, who offer vastly different methods to tackle hot-button national matters.
Johnson, a more progressive candidate, and Vallas, who offers a centrist perspective, are heading to the April 4 runoff election to become the next mayor of Chicago after ousting Lori Lightfoot in February. The election cycle has highlighted a nationwide debate between Democrats on how to handle matters relating to crime and education, causing influential unions and politicians to hop into the race.
Vallas and Johnson offer polarizing views on crime, with the former focusing on hiring and putting more officers on Chicago's streets and the latter advocating comprehensive reform of the criminal justice system, prioritizing mental health and affordable housing, as well as promoting detectives to solve crimes.
“In the city where there has been high levels of crime, progressives won, and that just shows progressives are not tough on crime,” Wilson said of a possible GOP argument. “They’ll try and use that as fodder nationwide." “I do think that some of these cities are starting to push a little bit back against a far-left agenda,” Reyes said, pointing to Chicago and Johnson himself fitting that bill.
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