Mayor Brandon Johnson arrives before a meeting with Gov. JB Pritzker at the Stratton Building next door to the Illinois State Capitol on April 30, 2025, in Springfield.

Mayor Brandon Johnson congratulates members of the Dyett High School basketball team on their high school state championship in the mayor’s ceremonial office at City Hall on March 20, 2025.

On a warm, late June morning at Truman College in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, Mayor Brandon Johnson welcomed attendees to the first of several budget roundtables.

Wonder Land: In 2016 they lay down in the street to stop traffic. In 2024 they had cookies and milk. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters/Mark Wilson/Getty Images Mayor Brandon Johnson is taking his city ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks to demonstrators in Grant Park who were protesting the policies of President Donald Trump and showing their support for union labor, on May 1, 2025, in Chicago.

Photo: John Roca/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images They say voters deserve what they get in a democracy, but no one deserves Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson , and certainly not Chicago school ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) speaks to demonstrators protesting the policies of President Donald Trump on May 1 in Grant Park. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Two years ago, Chicago voters dumped ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024.