Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced her support of Brandon Johnson in the mayoral runoff. The budget committee is set to discuss Chicago Recovery Plan spending. And the housing committee will consider the sale of city-owned property. 

A Chicago voter participates in the 2022 primary. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Ahead of the municipal runoff election in less than a month, voters may be wondering when they can register, how they can vote or where they should vote if they’ve moved since the Feb. 28 election.

From left across each row, Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, Ald. Jeanette Taylor, Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez, Ald. Daniel La Spata, Angela Clay, Ambria Taylor, Warren Williams, Oscar Sanchez and Nick Ward. All were back by the Chicago chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America in the 2023 election. [Provided photos]

An endorsement from the Chicago chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in several key races featured in Tuesday’s election didn’t seem to be enough to propel candidates closer to victory. While incumbents performed well, most DSA-backed challengers in crowded races, where a high-profile political endorsement like DSA’s could help, were unsuccessful. 

Four of the five sitting aldermen endorsed by the Chicago DSA chapter won their races outright on Election Day, but just one of five challengers endorsed by the chapter is headed to a runoff election in April after capturing the largest vote share in her race on Tuesday.

From top left, Ald. Anabel Abarca lost her seat in the 12th Ward, and Ald. Nicole Lee, Timmy Knudsen and Monique Scott are headed for runoff contests in April. All four represent Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s council picks during her term. [Provided photos] 

Along with Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s historic election night loss Tuesday, none of the four people she has appointed to the City Council during her term won their races outright. One lost to a challenger, and the other three are headed to runoffs in April after failing to secure more than 50 percent of the vote. 

After facing challenges that reached up to the Illinois Appellate Court, a majority of candidates who ran for election as part of three-member slates for the new police district councils swept their races in the election Tuesday.  

The election of candidates to represent Chicagoans based on the city’s 22 police districts marks another historic moment for police reform advocates who have fought for civilian-based accountability and community control over the Chicago Police Department. 

Former CPS CEO Paul Vallas and Cook County Comm. Brandon Johnson give victory speeches at Election Night watch parties on Feb. 28, 2023, as both head into an April runoff for mayor. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Paul Vallas and Cook County Comm. Brandon Johnson (D-1) are headed to a runoff for Chicago mayor as they placed ahead of the other seven contenders at the close of vote counting on election night. Though Vote By Mail ballots postmarked by Feb. 28 and other provisional ballots still need to be fully counted, their momentum paired with concessions from most of the other candidates, including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, solidified a head-to-head matchup between the two in April. 

With 98 percent of the precincts reporting Tuesday night, Vallas had earned more than 33.9 percent of the vote share and Johnson had earned more than 20.3 percent. 

Lightfoot will become the first incumbent Chicago mayor in 34 years to lose a reelection bid. By the end of the night the mayor sat in third place with more than 16.9 percent of the vote.

Chicagoans went to the polls Tuesday to vote for all 50 aldermen, and several City Council races will likely be forced into a runoff April 4. 

This year saw 10 aldermen announce they would not run for reelection and two aldermen make a run for mayor, all after four aldermen retired early in 2022, setting the stage for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to select her four picks to fill their seats. Ten aldermanic candidates — nine of them incumbents — did not face a challenger this election. 

The following results are as of 11 p.m. Tuesday:

Election Day is Tuesday. [Don Vincent/The Daily Line]

Chicagoans head to the polls for Election Day today to select the city’s next mayor, 50 aldermen and 66 members of newly created Police District Councils.  

Former CPS CEO Paul Vallas and Cook County Comm. Brandon Johnson are running for Chicago mayor. [Provided photo for Vallas, Colin Boyle/Block Club for Johnson]

A new Chicago Index survey shows public safety, schools and transit matter most to likely voters and an increase in name recognition for Cook County Comm. Brandon Johnson (D-1) and former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas in the upcoming mayoral election. 

The survey, administered by The Chicago Index, in conjunction with the Colorado-based firm Polco, collected answers between Feb. 9 and 20 from 1,332 people who said they lived in Chicago. The survey was weighted to better reflect disparities in the actual demographics of those who responded to the survey. The survey’s weighting was applied to demographic metrics such as race, gender, area of residence and housing tenure. Its margin of error is 3 percent.

An early voting location in Bucktown. [Erin Hegarty/The Daily Line] 

The number of Chicagoans casting their vote early — by mail and in-person — has jumped from the 2019 municipal election as the way residents vote in the city shifts. And the increase in voter turnout so far could also mean better turnout on Election Day than in recent municipal elections, some officials say.