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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

Garcia, progressives will unite behind Johnson, CTU president predicts

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates listens as Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson speaks to reporters in September at a ceremony in front of CTU headquarters. The street there was designated as Honorary Karen Lewis CTU Way after the former CTU president, who died in 2021. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates said Thursday she expects vanquished mayoral challenger U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia to endorse Brandon Johnson in the April 4 mayoral runoff, bringing Chicago’s fractured family of progressives back together.

“I know that Congressman Garcia is going to be responsible, as an elder statesman, to bring his support ... to the forefront at this point. It depends on it. We’ve been in this fight together,” Davis Gates told the Sun-Times.

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