Brandon Johnson will be the next mayor of Chicago. Paul Vallas told supporters last night he called Johnson to concede. Via abc7chicago.com:
While Vallas started the night with an early lead, the race quickly tightened to a 50-50 split. By 9:30 p.m. Johnson was leading Paul by more than 16,000 votes, a gap that has continued to widen and is expected to grow as mail-in ballots continue to be counted.
The Associated Press called the race for Johnson at about 9:35 p.m. Addressing his supporters a short time later, Vallas said the results showed the city was "deeply divided," but encouraged support for Johnson, who he said he had called to congratulate.
The Chicago Board of Elections said when polls closed 503,382 total ballots were cast, putting turnout at 33.2% of a total of 1,592,894 registered voters.
