芝加哥市长押注进步派将为他投票，宣布竞选连任。进步派人士布兰登·约翰逊希望，日益壮大的极左运动能帮助他克服选民对其施政表现的不满。

尽管支持率令人望而却步，市长布兰登·约翰逊仍于周日启动连任竞选，押注当初帮助他在2023年当选的进步派联盟如今比四年前更强大。

在芝加哥南区的杜萨布尔黑人历史博物馆和教育中心宣布这一消息之前，市长向POLITICO证实了他的计划。他打算主张，他的政府已经落实了他首次竞选公职时提出的政策，而且仍有未竟事业有待推进。

“I made a promise four years ago that I would work every day to build the safest, most affordable big city in America by investing in people, and that’s exactly what we’ve done,” Johnson said, pointing to investments in affordable housing, infrastructure and mental health clinics, along with declining crime rates. But the mayor also faces high disapproval ratings, with support for a prospective reelection bid at just 13.6 percent, according to a recent University of Chicago Mansueto Institute poll. He’ll also have to take on a field of strong Democratic challengers, including Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, Rep. Mike Quigley and state Comptroller Susana Mendoza – all of whom tack closer to the ideological center than Johnson.