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Leigh Giangreco in Chicago

‘Black labor v white wealth’: can a progressive win Chicago’s mayoral election?

Brandon Johnson at a rally in Chicago on 30 March.
Brandon Johnson at a rally in Chicago on 30 March. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Brandon Johnson was in his element at Kenwood Academy high school.

The bespectacled former social studies teacher and candidate for Chicago mayor sat at a table next to his opponent, former Chicago public schools CEO Paul Vallas, during a recent afternoon debate. In an exhausting series of mayoral debates, Johnson had a home field advantage at Kenwood, where his son attends school.

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