Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson said he has been overwhelmed by calls from Chicago’s progressive and labor community to run for mayor, as well as their certainty that he was the best candidate to defeat Lightfoot.
Johnson, 46, told WTTW News that he had been overwhelmed by calls from Chicago’s progressive and labor community to run for mayor, as well as their certainty that he was the best candidate to emerge from the crowded field and defeat Lightfoot, who is running for a second term.
Johnson declined to set a deadline to decide whether to launch a campaign for mayor, nor would he say how much he wants the exploratory committee to raise.Johnson, first elected in 2018 to represent Cook County’s 1st District on the Board of Commmissioners, was unopposed in June’s Democratic primary.
Johnson is following the playbook that Preckwinkle used in 2018. Preckwinkle announced she would explore a bid for mayor committee shortly after Labor Day, before formally launching her bid in late September. In the 2019 contest, both Lightfoot and Preckwinkle claimed to be the true progressive in the race, and took many of the same policy positions. For example, both candidates vowed to push to change state law to allow Chicagoans to elect members of the Chicago Board of Education.
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