Brandon Johnson was sworn in as mayor of the nation's third-largest city Monday at a ceremony attended by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin. Johnson, 47, a ...

Brandon Johnson — the Cook County commissioner, former Chicago Teachers Union organizer and Chicago Public Schools teacher — was inaugurated as Chicago’s 57th mayor.

Brandon Johnson will be the next mayor of Chicago, NBC News projected Tuesday, marking a stunning turn for a staunch progressive and former teacher whose campaign leaned into messages of racial ...

Brandon Johnson, a union organizer and former teacher, was elected as Chicago's next mayor in a major victory for the Democratic Party's progressive wing as the heavily blue city grapples with ...

CHICAGO — Brandon Johnson’s journey from long-shot candidate to Chicago’s 57th mayor culminated in his swearing-in on Monday in a celebratory ceremony on the city’s West Side.

Chicago’s next mayor will be a Black teacher and union organizer, voters decided in a runoff election on Tuesday. Brandon Johnson defeated former schools chief Paul Vallas to become the most ...