CHICAGO HAS VOTED, THERE WILL BE A RUNOFF

Mayoral Candidate, Lori Lightfoot. Photo Credit: Lori Lightfoot For Mayor Campaign
Mayoral Candidate, Lori Lightfoot. Photo Credit: Lori Lightfoot For Mayor Campaign

Chicago Has Voted, There Will Be A Runoff

BY KATHERINE NEWMAN

Since Rahm Emanuel announced that he wouldn’t be running for a third term as Mayor of Chicago there has been constant chatter surrounding the crowded mayoral election which ended up with 14 candidates appearing on the ballot yesterday.

Although voter turnout was low on election day, with the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago reporting that less than 40 percent of Chicago’s 1,581,755 registered voters participated in the election, residents were able to narrow the race down to two candidates who will participate in a runoff election on April 2.

At press time, it appears that the two candidates who will continue to campaign for their chance at becoming the Mayor of Chicago and will appear in the runoff this spring are Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle.

Along with voting for Mayor, Chicagoans were tasked with voting for alderman, city treasurer, and city clerk. Although three candidates appeared on the ballot for city clerk, two candidates were disqualified by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners and any votes that they receive will not be counted meaning that the incumbent, Anna Valencia, will retain her seat.

In every case where no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes, the top two candidates in that race will proceed to the runoff election in April.

Below are the voting results that were available by press time on election day.

MAYOR Gerry Chico - 6.3%

William Daley - 14.8%

Amara Enyia - 7.9%

Robert Fioretti - 0.8%

La Shawn Ford - 0.9%

Jerry Joyce - 7.8%

John Kozlar - 0.4%

Lori Lightfoot - 17.5%

Garry McCarthy - 2.7%

Susana Mendoza - 9.1%

Toni Preckwinkle - 15.8%

Neal Sales-Griffin - 0.3%

Paul Vallas - 5.6%

Willie Wilson - 10.2%

3RD WARD Pat Dowell (incumbent) - 68.7%

Alexandria Willis - 31.3%

4TH WARD

Sophia King (incumbent) - 66.2%

Ebony Lucas - 33.8%

5TH WARD Leslie Hairston (incumbent) - 48.5%

William Calloway - 24.5%

Gabriel Piemonte - 27%

6TH WARD

Roderick Sawyer (incumbent) - 50.7%

Deborah Foster-Bonner - 30.5%

Richard A. Wooten - 18.8%

7TH WARD Greg Mitchell (incumbent) - 66%

Jedidiah Brown - 21.7%

Charles Kyle - 12.2%

8TH WARD

Michelle Harris (incumbent) - 65%

Linda Hudson - 16.1%

Faheem Shabazz - 10.6%

Jewel Esterling-Smith - 8.3%

9TH WARD Anthony Beale (incumbent) - 58.6%

Paul Collins - 8.5%

Essie Hall - 7.1%

Cleopatra Watson 25.9%

16TH WARD

Toni L. Foulkes (incumbent) - 31%

Stephanie Coleman - 44.3%

Kenny C. Doss II - 6.3%

Eddie Johnson III - 6.8%

Jeffrey L. Lewis - 1.8%

Latasha Sanders - 9.8%

17TH WARD David Moore (incumbent) - 68%

Raynetta Greenleaf - 32%

18TH WARD

Derrick G. Curtis (incumbent) - 66.8%

Chuks Onyezia 33.2%

21ST WARD Howard Brookins (incumbent) - 45.1%

Patricia A. Foster - 19.6%

Marvin McNeil 5.4%

Joseph Ziegler - 9.9%

24TH WARD

Michael Scott (incumbent) - 60.9%

Traci Treasure Johnson - 13.1%

Toriano Canzone - 5.4%

Creative Scott - 20.6%

27TH WARD Walter Burnett Jr. (incumbent) - 71.7%

Cynthia Bednarz - 28.3%

34TH WARD

Carrie Austin (incumbent) - 54.4%

Preston Brown Jr. - 45.6%

CITY CLERK Anna Valencia

CITY TREASURER

Melissa Conyears-Ervin - 43.8%

Peter Gariepy - 14.3%

Ameya Pawar - 41.9%

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