Politics Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ousted; Vallas, Johnson in runoff Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot campaigns on Election Day in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times CHICAGO (AP) — Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters on Tuesday denied incumbent Lori Lightfoot a second term, issuing a rebuke to a leader who made history as head of the nation’s third-largest city. Vallas, a former schools CEO backed by the police union, and Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by...