The farthest-left candidates won in important races in Chicago and Wisconsin, the latter considered a swing state in presidential elections.
In Denver, Democrats took the two slots for a June 6 mayoral runoff election, with the top Republican candidate finishing a distant fourth.
Off-year elections reflect the clout of big-money institutions such as public employee unions, advocacy organizations, and large corporations, with the first-named being the most powerful of all in municipal elections.
Accordingly, Chicagoans elected Brandon Johnson, a candidate to the left of incumbent Lori Lightfoot, a radical progressive whose failures in crime control and education caused her to miss the runoff election held April 4.
The Republican candidate won a hotly contested election in the Milwaukee suburbs, giving the GOP a supermajority in the state senate.
In Denver, the most-progressive candidates fell short in the races for mayor and city council seats, with the Denver magazine 5280 saying, "It seems like many Denver voters had a hard time bending far-left." The leftist press are spinning the recent elections as a big win for the Democratic Party and a good omen for the latter's prospects in the 2024 elections.
Government employee unions and abortion advocacy groups remain powerful in blue cities and in statewide elections in the swing states, but there is much public support for more conservative social and economic policies.
https://amgreatness.com/2023/04/13/leftist-money-not-national-mood-drove-last-weeks-election-wins/
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