"Brandon Johnson emerges victorious in Chicago's closely contested mayoral race"

Brandon Johnson, a union organizer and former teacher, won a closely contested Chicago mayoral race against former Chicago schools CEO Paul Vallas, backed by the police union. Johnson's victory is a major win for the party's progressive wing and the Chicago Teachers Union. He plans to allocate more money to areas such as mental health treatment and youth jobs, and impose $800 million in new taxes on wealthy people and businesses while freezing property taxes. The election surfaced tensions among Democrats, with Johnson and his supporters blasting Vallas as too conservative and a Republican in disguise.