{"id":1908685,"date":"2023-04-02T04:43:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T08:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayoral-race-runoff-candidates-resume-attacks-as-election-approaches\/"},"modified":"2023-04-02T04:43:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T08:43:59","slug":"chicago-mayoral-race-runoff-candidates-resume-attacks-as-election-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-mayoral-race-runoff-candidates-resume-attacks-as-election-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago mayoral race: Runoff candidates resume attacks as election approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicago-mayoral-race-runoff-candidates-resume-attacks-as-election-approaches%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1908685&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p><html><br \/>\n  <body><\/p>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p>Chicago mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson are targeting each other\u2019s resumes and leadership capabilities as the city prepares for a runoff election next week.<\/p>\n<p>Vallas and Johnson both have their own connections to the education sphere and ideas about how to handle the criminal justice system. They made it through to the April 4 runoff election after defeating Mayor Lori Lightfoot in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>While Vallas claims they are \u201creally friends,\u201d both candidates have attacked each other\u2019s ideological beliefs, past comments, and prior experiences in their efforts to sway voters.<\/p>\n<p>Campaigning has focused heavily on political records and affiliations with various unions and organizations that have endorsed the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Crime is the top issue among Chicago voters, with 52% ranking it as their primary concern, and it has been a main discussion topic throughout the campaigns. Vallas&#8217;s plan, if elected mayor, is to recall officers that resigned from their positions on the police force under Lightfoot&#8217;s administration. Johnson has gone on the defensive to address his past comments in support of the &#8220;defund the police&#8221; movement that his opponents have used against him.<\/p>\n<p>The education topic has turned into a heated exchange between Vallas and Johnson as they each argue over who has the stronger educational background.<\/p>\n<p>Several unions, organizations, former mayoral candidates, and national figures have endorsed the candidates, pushing for Johnson, a more progressive option, or Vallas, a centrist figure. However, this does not necessarily mean someone&#8217;s supporters will also vote for their endorsed candidates. Poll standings show Vallas leading Johnson, with Johnson needing a surge of young voters in his favor before the election.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Vallas is more trusted to solve the city&#8217;s issues than Johnson. Crime, education, and finance are the top concerns of voters, and Vallas is seen as having a better grasp on the situation in all three areas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>  <\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago mayoral candidates Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson have spent the remaining days of their campaigns taking aim at each others&#8217; resumes and leadership capabilities as the city prepares for a runoff election next week. Vallas and Johnson, each with their own connections within the education sphere and opinions on how to deal with the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1908686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5629,6361,7064,4387,3728,19080,5069,3824,9062],"class_list":["post-1908685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-approaches","tag-attacks","tag-candidates","tag-chicago","tag-election","tag-mayoral","tag-race","tag-resume","tag-runoff"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1908685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1908685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1908686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1908685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1908685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1908685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}