COMMENTARY

Back in 2015, she was set to run against Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But she got sick and had to drop out of the race. I have no doubt she’d have mopped the floor with Rahm. Probably be finishing her second term right now.

Mayor Karen Lewis. That would have been something.

Nonetheless, Johnson’s win is Karen’s triumph. Wouldn’t have happened without her. A diverse coalition to elect a progressive mayor? That was Karen’s vision. Her dream. Her mission.

Before Karen Lewis took charge of CTU, unions in Chicago were timid and cautious and more insular than they are now.