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      Chicago mayoral candidate and Cook County commissioner Brandon Johnson speaks during a press conference

      Rejecting Lightfoot, Chicago Picks Progressive to Face School Privatizer in Mayoral Runoff

      Progressive Brandon Johnson will take on conservative Democratic candidate Paul Vallas, who one advocacy group said "has never come across a public school he didn't want to gut."

      Jake Johnson
      Mar 01, 2023

      Chicago voters rejected Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot's bid for a second term on Tuesday, elevating progressive Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson to face conservative candidate Paul Vallas—an ardent school privatization advocate—in an April 4 runoff.

      Johnson, a longtime educator and organizer, advanced to the runoff with roughly 20% of the vote after a grassroots campaign centered on expanding resources for Chicago's public schools and taxing the rich to boost affordable housing, public transportation, healthcare, and other priorities.

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      Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks on January 16, 2023, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, at the National Action Network House of Justice Headquarters in New York City. ​

      'Extraordinary Repudiation': NY Senate Rejects Hochul's Right-Wing Judicial Nominee

      "We thank the members of the state Senate who stood with working New Yorkers in opposing a judge with a troubling judicial record on workers' rights, abortion rights, and racial justice," said one Hector LaSalle critic.

      Jessica Corbett
      Feb 16, 2023

      The New York State Senate's Democrats on Wednesday delivered a "major embarrassment" for and "extraordinary repudiation" of Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, rejecting Hector LaSalle, her anti-choice, anti-union nominee to lead the state's top court.

      "We thank the members of the state Senate who stood with working New Yorkers in opposing a judge with a troubling judicial record on workers' rights, abortion rights, and racial justice," said New York Working Families Party director Sochie Nnaemeka.

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      Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) departs from an orientation meeting

      In SOTU Response, Ramirez Urges Biden to Deliver for Workers With Executive Action

      "We believe the president and the country can do better," said the congresswoman. "Working people around the country are ready to stand up for our families, for our communities, and for the best version of America."

      Julia Conley
      Feb 08, 2023

      Delivering the Working Families Party's official response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address Tuesday night, U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez reminded the president of steps he can take without Congress to deliver for working families and called on Democrats to not only fight far-right extremism but also the forces within their own party that impede progress.

      The first-term Illinois Democrat, who advocates for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, and other progressive policy proposals, noted that before Republicans won control of the House in November, Biden and Democratic lawmakers took several steps to help working people who are struggling with the rising costs of housing, child care, and other essentials as wages failed to keep up.

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