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.”
