Voters send loud message to Mayor Johnson, his Chicago Teachers Union allies – Illinois Policy

"The CTU’s ground game is incomparable, as it can turn out its nearly 28,000 members every election. Its war chest is tough to beat, too. Records show the CTU spent $400,000 to pass Bring Chicago Home. But even in a low-turnout primary, Johnson and his allies couldn’t mobilize enough of a base – even by lobbying students and marching them to the polls – to overcome Chicagoans’ unhappiness with and distrust of the mayor, who never revealed his plans for how he’d spend the new taxes to help the homeless. "