Mayor Lori Lightfoot had an undeniably bad night Tuesday, as she was unceremoniously dumped by voters. Things were only marginally better for the four City Council members Lightfoot appointed over the last year.
members Lightfoot appointed over the last year. Three of them apparently were unable to tally more than 50% of the vote and therefore are likely headed for two-person runoff elections in April.Perhaps the most intriguing of those runoffs will be in the 11th Ward, which includes the Daley family stronghold of Bridgeport as well as Chinatown. Incumbent Ald.
Ald. Timmy Knudsen also appears headed to a runoff. Though he led the most votes in a tough six-person race in the 43rd Ward, he fell significantly short of the threshold needed to avoid a runoff for an area that includes Lincoln Park. Monique Scott, appointed by Lightfoot in June to replace her brother as representative of the West Side’s 24th Ward, seemed more firmly footed in a runoff.
Challenger Julia Ramirez, though, had 56.5% of the vote on Tuesday, leading Abarca by 725 votes, while around 700 mail-in ballots remain unreturned. But other incumbents — beyond Lightfoot’s appointees — are probably headed for runoffs and uncertain futures.
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