Victory for Brandon Johnson as Paul Vallas bows out of the race

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Brandon Johnson will be the next mayor of Chicago

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Although Vallas initially had an advantage at the beginning of the night, the race rapidly became more competitive and was evenly split with a 50-50 result.

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At 9:30 p.m., Brandon Johnson was ahead of Paul by a margin of over 16,000 votes.

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The Chicago Board of Elections reported that a total of 503,382 ballots had been cast by the time the polls closed

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Expressed differently, 33.2% of the total registered voters, which amounted to 1,592,894, participated in the election.

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Brandon Johnson secured 286,647 votes, while his opponent Paul Vallas fell short with 270,775 votes

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5 Key Things You Need to Know About Donald Trump's Felony charges

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