The election of Brandon Johnson as the next mayor of Chicago, Illinois — the third largest city in the United States — has electrified progressives, according to experts who saw the race as a referendum on the future of the Democratic Party.“People were watching the results come in and could barely believe it,” Robert Peters, an Illinois state senator and Democrat representing Chicago’s 13th district, told Al Jazeera. “It’s a testament to how far we’ve come in building a multi-racial, working-class coalition.”Once seen as a long-shot candidate, the progressive Johnson advanced to a run-off election against Paul Vallas, a conservative Democrat who pushed an aggressive message on crime and touted the endorsement of law enforcement groups.
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