BREAKING: Chicago mayoral election results may be delayed DAYS due to mail-in voting
If no candidate wins 50% or more, the election on April 4th will be necessary.
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If no candidate wins 50% or more, the election on April 4th will be necessary.
Paul Vallas, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools is the first candidate for Chicago mayor to advance to the April 4th runoff election. The AP announced Vallas' victory at 7:45pm EST. If no candidate wins 50% or more, the election on April 4th will be necessary.
Local News ABC 7 reports that an initial slow turnout "may be due to a surge in voters choosing to mail in their ballots - which could lead to a dayslong delay in learning who makes the runoff." As a result of this, the results of the election may not be known for days
ABC adds: "While this will not go down in history as the worst turnout in a mayoral election in Chicago, the headline might be that older voters carried the day."
At 8:01 pm EST, Democrat incumbent Lori Lightfoot was trailing in distant third place with only 58,807 vots to Vallas' 134,844. In second was Teachers' Union-backed Brandon Johnson.
Lightfoot and other Democrats tried to paint Vallas, who is also a Democrat, as "Republican" due to his tough on crime stance.
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