In second, you have brandone br johnson. he s a current cook countymmissn commissioner and former school teacher who is supported by the chicaghoolteaco teachers union.n he s now polling about 20% of the vote. and in third place, lori lightfoot, she s at just under 16%, not really doing well in recent weeks. brandon johnson surge has made headlines because it was soo surprising and so fast. bu so t thisfast is primarily at crime because even chicagoiolent is tired of the increase in all acroviolent crime all acros. chicago land. ethe vo the early ballots ar counted, they ll move on tteo the rest of the votes. but remember, it could take a while because if one candidate does not get more5 than 50%, it goe0%s to an april 4th runoff. and that means this could last for weeks.ow we w shoulith d know with sevenl three percent of the earlyy ball bellots counted, we can now tell you that paul vallas will be in that runoff. whether lori lightfoot makesot e runoff is yet to b the runoff is yet t