The City was sure to see some serious upheaval this election cycle, and competitive struggles for alderman is showing in tonight's results: Fourteen of the 50 departments seem set to head to runoff April 5.
There are still about fifty districts yet to report around the city, but the races around Chicago are still to be determined. And many councilors in office will be heated to compete in those races six weeks from now.
Ald. Freddrenna Lyle in the sixth Ward will face off with Roderick T. Sawyer, son of former Mayor Eugene Sawyer. On the 50th, Bernie Stone, the oldest councilor of the board, won only 37 percent of the vote in his run of five people, and should take Feisty challenger Debra L. Silverstein, who came in second with 33 percent.
A very busy couple of races will be significantly restricted. The race to replace Helen Shiller in the 46th had eleven candidates on the ballot - James Phelan and Molly Cappleman both won just under twenty percent, and compete for sixty percent of the votes of their nine other candidates split the vote today. And in Ward 24, it is Sharon Denise Dixon and challenger Michael D. Chandler emerged from a field of 18 candidates, the minimum of which he won only 37 votes.
And, as mentioned earlier in the night, Che "Rhymefest" Smith is headed for a runoff with it Willie Cochran in the 20th. Rey Colon strictly avoided a runoff in the 35th Ward, and Ameya Pawar pulled off the upset victory in the 47th, beating Tom O'Donnell without a runoff.
The Cooperative News Chicago reported that startling victory Pawar was:
So was the great victory that the campaign had not scheduled Pawar usual election-night rally. As you return to prove that Pawar was winning, his campaign hurriedly held a victory rally at the Timber bowling alley on West Irving Park Road. Pawar rushed to the suburbs, where he had been watching the returns with his parents.
"I'm surprised," Pawar said when he finally arrived. "Very surprised."
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