{"id":499,"date":"2026-07-27T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/chicago\/politics\/brandon-johnson\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:17:12","slug":"brandon-johnson","status":"publish","type":"cpt_politics","link":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/chicago\/politics\/brandon-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"499\" class=\"elementor elementor-499\" data-elementor-post-type=\"cpt_politics\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57ce5f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"57ce5f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9142fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9142fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Brandon Johnson<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c6156 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1c6156\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mayor of Chicago<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d7c19a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9d7c19a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bce2c6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bce2c6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">City of Chicago \u2014 Took office May 2023; term to May 2027<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77bcc4f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77bcc4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb40cc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb40cc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2842287 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2842287\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brandon Johnson is a former middle school teacher and Chicago Teachers Union organizer who served as a Cook County commissioner before winning the 2023 mayoral runoff. He is Chicago&#039;s 57th mayor and has focused on worker protections, a higher minimum wage, and neighborhood investment. He grew up in Elgin, Illinois, one of ten children of a pastor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd6ede8 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fd6ede8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chicago.gov\/city\/en\/depts\/mayor.html\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Official Website<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-va-duty e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"va-duty\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-va-duty-h elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"va-duty-h\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What the Mayor does for you<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-va-duty-t elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"va-duty-t\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Runs city government day to day \u2014 police and fire, streets, sanitation, permits, and the city budget. Appoints department heads including the NOPD Superintendent. <strong>4-year term, 2-term limit.<\/strong> Next city election: 2029.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-va-ref e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"va-ref\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor is Chicago&#8217;s chief executive, running city departments, proposing the budget, and presiding over the City Council. Johnson, a former Cook County commissioner and Chicago Teachers Union organizer, was elected in the April 2023 runoff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":758,"menu_order":10,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_politics-category":0},"politics-category":[63],"class_list":["post-499","cpt_politics","type-cpt_politics","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","politics-category-mayors-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_politics\/499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_politics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_politics"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"politics-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/politics-category?post=499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}