A number of upsets marked several aldermanic runoff contests on April 7, but some races’ final outcomes won’t be determined until April 23, when final tallies of absentee ballot voting are announced. The Chicago Board of Elections must allow ballots postmarked on April 6 two weeks to arrive at their offices. That’s good news for some candidates whose races will likely be determined by just a handful of votes.
Among those races still being counted as of press time were aldermanic contests in the 10th, 16th, 21st, 31st and 43rd Wards.
Incumbent Mayor Rahm Emanuel defeated his challenger, Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, with a decisive lead April 7. Out of 586,806 votes cast, about 329,701, or, about 56 percent, were for Emanuel while 257,100, or 44 percent, were for Garcia.
While LGBT residents live in myriad locations throughout metropolitan Chicago, residents in some wards with significantly large LGBT populations—areas such as Lake View, Uptown and Edgewater—leaned towards Emanuel. Residents of the 44th Ward favored Emanuel over Garcia 76.24-23.76 percent. In the 46th Ward, Emanuel defeated his challenger 64.64-35.36 percent, while, in the 48th Ward, his lead was 59.35-40.65 percent.
But a significant North Side win for Garcia was the 49th Ward, which contains Rogers Park. He captured 51.64 percent of the vote there while Emanuel trailed with 48.36 percent.
Aldermanic results are posted below. Names that are listed below indicate winners.
2nd: Brian Hopkins
7th: Gregory Mitchell
11th: Patrick Daley Thompson
15th: Raymond Lopez
18th: Derrick Curtis
20th: Willie Cochran
24th: Michael Scott
29th: Chris Taliaferro
36th: Gilbert Villegas
37th: Emma Mitts
41st: Anthony Napolitano
45th: John Arena
46th: James Cappleman
Races without final tallies as of press time included:
10th: John Pope, Susan Sadlowski Garza
16th: Toni Foulkes, Stephanie Coleman
21st: Howard Brookins Jr., Marvin McNeil
31st: Ray Suarez, Milagros “Milly” Santiago
43rd: Michelle Smith, Caroline Vickrey
Results from Chicago Board of Elections. View the chart at Mayoral.pdf.