Paul Vallas' Wonkery and Collaborative Leadership: A Solution for Chicago's Problems?

Paul Vallas, a Democratic candidate for Chicago's mayoral election, has made crime his primary focus, promising to attract hundreds of retired cops to return to the Chicago Police Department and fill the 1,600 vacancies. His opponent, progressive Cook County commissioner Brandon Johnson, has emerged out of obscurity to capture progressive imaginations across the country. The runoff is likely to ripple across the country as a potentially revealing referendum on the Democratic Party ahead of the 2024 presidential election and other consequential races.