How Chicago elects a mayor, and why a winner may take weeks

Chicago is holding a mayoral election Tuesday, but it will likely take weeks — and a runoff election — before a winner is declared. Nine candidates are competing Tuesday for a chance to be Chicago’s next mayor. The election is officially nonpartisan and is not considered or called a primary, though all the candidates seeking to lead the city, a Democratic stronghold, call themselves Democrats.

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