Lightfoot is out, Johnson and Vallas head to runoff

Mar 01, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    16% Somewhat Conservative

  • Reliability

    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

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  • Politician Portrayal

    54% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

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"* Crain's | Lightfoot era ends as city girds for mayoral war: Johnson, an organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union, is expected to come hard at Vallas as too conservative and too Republican-leaning for a mostly minority city -- and he did just that in his acceptance speech, saying Vallas is supported by the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, fundamentally opposes abortion and ran the teachers' fund into the ground."
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-10% Liberal
"* Tribune | Some failed Chicago mayoral candidates will return to current positions, while others contemplate what's next: By keeping his seat in the legislature, Buckner will be able to remain politically active on major issues as he has in the past on subjects ranging from criminal justice reform, an elected Chicago school board and allowing student athletes to earn money for the use of their name, image and likeness."
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-10% Liberal
"* Chalkbeat | Former schools chief, teachers union organizer headed to runoff: With 98"
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-2% Liberal
"* Chalkbeat | Former schools chief, teachers union organizer headed to runoff: With 98"
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-2% Liberal
"* Chalkbeat | Former schools chief, teachers union organizer headed to runoff: With 98"
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-2% Liberal
"* Tribune | Paul Vallas will face Brandon Johnson to become Chicago's next mayor: The final matchup was a stuing blow to Lightfoot, who became the first full-term incumbent to fail to win reelection since Jane Byrne lost to Harold Washington in 1983."
Negative
-24% Liberal
"Block Club Chicago | Mayor Lori Lightfoot Loses Reelection Bid, First One-Term Mayor In 40 Years: Lightfoot's historic loss marks the first time since Jane Byrne's loss to Harold Washington in 1983 that the city has not elected a sitting mayor who ran for reelection."
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-34% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : * Crain's | Lightfoot era ends as city girds for mayoral war: Johnson, an organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union, is expected to come hard at Vallas as too conservative and too Republican-leaning for a mostly minority city -- and he did just that in his acceptance speech, saying Vallas "is supported by the Jan. 6 insurrectionists," "fundamentally opposes abortion" and "ran the teachers' fund into the ground.
45% : "* Tribune | Some failed Chicago mayoral candidates will return to current positions, while others contemplate what's next: By keeping his seat in the legislature, Buckner will be able to remain politically active on major issues as he has in the past on subjects ranging from criminal justice reform, an elected Chicago school board and allowing student athletes to earn money for the use of their name, image and likeness.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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