5 wards to watch in mayors race

Happy April, Illinois. Storms are brewing this week, and we’re not just talking weather. Chicago ward politics will come into play Tuesday when voters hit the polls to decide whether Brandon Johnson or Paul Vallas should succeed Lori Lightfoot as mayor. Here are the five wards that could help determine the outcome: 47th Ward: This is the city’s biggest ward in terms of voters, so whoever wins it could see themselves heading to the Fifth Floor offices of City Hall. “It’s one of the gentrifying wards. Their money leans Vallas, but their politics lean Johnson,” said political science professor Connie…