Progressive Orgs, Labor Unions Push to Consolidate Power
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Some residents on the Northwest Side will have a CPS teacher as their new state senator.
The appointment of a CPS teacher as a new state senator sets up a fierce battle next spring, as the progressive political organizations and labor unions that helped elect Mayor Brandon Johnson push to consolidate their political power.
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Progressive Orgs, Labor Unions Push to Consolidate Power
Clip: 7/11/2023 | 2m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
The appointment of a CPS teacher as a new state senator sets up a fierce battle next spring, as the progressive political organizations and labor unions that helped elect Mayor Brandon Johnson push to consolidate their political power.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> SOME RESIDENCE ON CHICAGO'S NORTHWEST SIDE BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A REPLACEMENT FOR THE 20th DISTRICT STREET AS THE UNIONS THAT HELPED TO ELECT BRANDON JOHNSON PUSH TO CONSUME MORE POWER.
ALL RIGHT, IT'S A BIT OF A POLITICAL MUSICAL CHAIRS SITUATION , WITH MAYOR JOHNSON'S FIRST DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF AND 11 DEMOCRATIC CITY PEOPLE .
HOW IS THAT LOOKING RIGHT NOW?
>> THEY HAD HAD JUST ABOUT ENOUGH WITH THAT SEAT AT LEAST UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION.
THEY HAVE REALLY BEEN LEADING THAT OPPOSITION ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE.
>> SO WHAT DO WE KNOW?
>> SHE'S A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER .
SHE RAN FOR THE COOK COUNTY BOARD , FINISHING THIRD WITH ROSA, WHO DID NOT SUPPORT THAT APPOINTMENT.
>> AND YOU DID MENTION THAT TO ME BEFORE.
SO, IS SHE HOPING TO WIN A FULL TERM?
>> SHE WILL LIKELY FACE GUZMAN WHO HAS UNITED SUPPORT OF THE PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL MOVEMENT AND HAS HAD A SERIES OF VICTORIES IN THE LAST DEMOCRATIC BINARY.
PRIMARY.
TAURO HAS A LEG UP AS THE INCUMBENT.
>> SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT FACTIONS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY , WHO HAS THE EDGE?
>> THE INCUMBENT ALWAYS HAS THE ADVANTAGE.
NOT ONLY DOES THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT WIN THE MAYORAL RACE BUT THEY HAVE CONSOLIDATED THEIR POWER AND
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