Greg, how is life as a Chicago political reporter right now?

Is it a little scrambly?

What's a lot scrambly, but in the last couple of weeks I've gone from having nine badly

behaved children running for mayor to having to babysit two slightly less badly, leaving

children for mayor.

Greg Pratt writes for the Chicago Tribune.

Why do you say badly behaved?

Well, you know, like all political candidates, they spend a lot of time putting spaghetti

on their head for attention and throwing things across the room and yelling at one another

and when they get mad, you know, it's not pretty.

The candidates, Greg is keeping such a close eye on are Paul Valis and Brandon Johnson,

who are in the final days of a hotly contested runoff election.

Back in February, these two unceremoniously defeated Lori Lightfoot, who had been hoping

for four more years as mayor.

voters in Chicago have sent a strong message choosing not to put Mayor Lori Lightfoot

back in office for a second term, right?

It was a stunned room when everyone saw Lightfoot take the stage because that concession

speech came much faster than I think anyone was expecting even people.

It was the first time in 40 years that a sitting mayor had not been reelected in this town,

but Greg says, don't let that fact fool you.

I mean, were you anticipating that Lori Lightfoot may have one foot out the door by the time

she was actually being voted on?

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