2015_Chicago_aldermanic_elections

2015 Chicago aldermanic elections
	Results by ward. The map shows the winning candidate's party affiliations, even though aldermen run as nonpartisans. A white asterisk (*) means the results for that ward were decided in a runoff vote.
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2015 Chicago aldermanic election

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The 2015 Chicago aldermanic elections happened on February 24, 2015, to elect the 50 Aldermen that represent Chicago in the City Council. The elections were non-partisan and if no candidate received an absolute majority, a runoff would be held between the top two finishers on April 7, 2015.^[1]

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Ward boundaries had been redrawn since the previous 2011 election, to reflect the results of the 2010 United States Census.^[2] The new ward map had been approved by the Chicago City Council in January 2012.^[3]

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Ward	Incumbent	Incumbent status	Elected alderman
2	Bob Fioretti	Retiring	Brian K. Hopkins
7	Gregory Mitchell	Defeated in runoff election	Natashia Holmes
10	John Pope	Defeated in runoff election	Susan Sadlowski Garza
11	James Balcer	Retiring	Patrick Daley Thompson
15	Toni Foulkes	Redistricted; ran successfully in 16th Ward	Raymond Lopez
16	Joann Thompson	Died in office	Toni Foulkes
17	Latasha Thomas	Retiring	David H. Moore
18	Lona Lane	Defeated in runoff election	Derrick Curtis
24	Michael Chandler	Retiring	Michael Scott Jr.
29	Deborah L. Graham	Defeated in runoff election	Chris Taliaferro
31	Ray Suarez	Defeated in runoff election	Milly Santiago
35	Rey Colón	Defeated in general election	Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
36	Nicholas Sposato	Redistricted; ran successfully in 38th Ward	Gilbert Villegas
38	Timothy Cullerton	Retiring	Nicholas Sposato
41	Mary O'Connor	Defeated in runoff election	Anthony Napolitano

Thursday, December 18, 2014	Last day for candidates for the offices of Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer and Alderman to withdraw as a candidate (not later than the date of certification of candidates for the ballot). File in the office of the Board of Election Commissioners. No name so withdrawn shall be printed upon the ballot. If a request for withdrawal is received after this date (the date for certification of candidates for the ballot), then the votes cast for the withdrawn candidate are invalid and shall not be reported by the Board. (10 ILCS 5/10-7, 5/10-15; 65 ILCS 20/21-29)
Friday, December 26, 2014	Last day (by 5:00 p.m.) a person may file a notarized Declaration of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate for the February 24, 2015 Municipal General Election (not later than the 61st day before election–actual date is Thursday, December 25, 2015–moved to next business day per (10 ILCS 5/1-6; 10 ILCS 5/16-5.01)
Monday, January 12, 2015	Last day for Board to have absentee ballots available for mailing to persons in the United States Service or their spouse and dependents of voting age and citizens temporarily residing outside the territorial limits of the United States who have filed an application for ballot prior to the 45th day before the election (45 days prior to date of election–actual date is Saturday, January 10, 2015–moved to next business day per (10 ILCS 5/1-6; 10 ILCS 5/16-5.01)
Thursday, January 15, 2015	First day for mailing or delivery of absentee ballot.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015	Last day for regular voter registration in the office of the Board of Election Commissioners or to transfer registration to a new address for the February 24, 2015 Municipal General Election (registration may be taken up to and including the 28th day before election), with the exception of “grace period” registration and voting. (10 ILCS 5/6-29)
Monday, February 9, 2015	First day for early voting at the offices of the Board and at permanent and temporary polling place locations designated by the Board (beginning the 15th day preceding the election). Early voting shall be conducted at permanent polling places between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturdays, and holidays and 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sundays. Early voting may be also conducted at temporary polling places on days and at hours to be announced and published. (10 ILCS 5/19A-15) ^[7]

Name	Experience	Ref
Andrew Hamilton	Lawyer	^[8]
Proco Joe Moreno	Incumbent alderman	^[8]
Ronda Locke	Local school council representative, vice chair of the Commercial Park Advisory Council, marketing consultant	^[8]
Anne Shaw	Former Cook County Board of Ethics Commissioner, community activist, lawyer, business owner	^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Proco "Joe" Moreno (incumbent)	4,205	51.08
	Nonpartisan	Anne Shaw	2,037	33.55
	Nonpartisan	Ronda Locke	1,680	20.41
	Nonpartisan	Andrew Hamilton	310	3.77
Total votes			8,232	100

Name	Experience	Ref
Bita Buenostro	Restaurant corporate executive	^[15]
Brian Hopkins	Chief of staff of Cook County Commissioner John P. Daley	^[15]
Stephen Niketopoulos	Local school council representative, neighborhood president, educational television producer	^[15]
Alyx Pattison	Attorney, former congressional aide	^[15]
Stacey Pfingsten	Former aide to incumbent 2nd Ward Alderman Bob Fioretti	^[15]
Cornell Wilson	Attorney and United States Marine Corps officer	^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Brian Hopkins	2,889	28.98
	Nonpartisan	Alyx S. Pattison	2,404	24.11
	Nonpartisan	Bita Buenostro	1,411	14.15
	Nonpartisan	Stephen Niketopoulos	1,232	12.36
	Nonpartisan	Stacey Pfingsten	1,170	11.74
	Nonpartisan	Cornell Wilson	863	8.36
Total votes			9,969	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Brian Hopkins	7,597	56.63
	Nonpartisan	Alyx S. Pattison	5,819	43.37
Total votes			13,416	100.0

Name	Experience	Ref
Elise Doody-Jones	Former treasurer of 1st Ward First, businesswoman	^[19]^[20]
Scott Waguespack	Incumbent alderman	^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Scott Waguespack (incumbent)	6,425	78.95
	Nonpartisan	Elise Doody-Jones	1,713	21.05
Total votes			8,138	100

Name	Experience	Ref
Dianne Daleiden	Chicago Public Schools teacher	^[24]
Patrick J. O'Connor	Incumbent alderman	^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Patrick J. O'Connor (incumbent)	5,601	58.4
	Nonpartisan	Dianne Daleiden	3,989	41.6
Total votes			9,590	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Brendan Reilly (incumbent)	7,171	100
Total votes			7,171	100

Name	Experience	Ref
Jen Kramer	Director of entertainment and special events at Navy Pier Inc., former In the events coordinator for the Chicago Mayor's Office, former president of Special Olympics Chicago	^[27]
Michele Smith	Incumbent alderman	^[27]
Jerry Quandt	Founder of UNWIND, international marketing consultant	^[27]
Caroline Vickrey	Lawyer	^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Michelle Smith (incumbent)	4,309	41.79
	Nonpartisan	Caroline Vickrey	3,682	35.71
	Nonpartisan	Jennifer "Jen" Kramer	1,707	16.55
	Nonpartisan	Jerry Quandt	608	5.90
	Write-in	Steven McClellan	6	0.06
Total votes			10,312	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Michelle Smith (incumbent)	7,232	50.27
	Nonpartisan	Caroline Vickrey	7,153	49.73
Total votes			14,385	100.0

Certified candidates
Name	Experience	Ref
Scott Davis	Community activist	^[30]
Mark Thomas	Former president and co-founder of Central Lakeview Merchants Association, board member of Local First Chicago, business owner	^[30]
Tom Tunney	Incumbent alderman	^[30]

Certified candidates
Name	Experience	Ref
James Cappleman	Incumbent alderman	^[33]
Amy Crawford	Lawyer	^[33]
Denice L. Davis	Former Director of Community Affairs for congressman Bobby Rush and former chief of staff to Alderman Helen Shiller	^[33]

46th Ward general election^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	James Cappleman (incumbent)	4,800	46.87
	Nonpartisan	Amy Crawford	3,853	37.62
	Nonpartisan	Denice L. Davis	1,589	15.51
Total votes			10,242	100

46th Ward runoff^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	James Cappleman (incumbent)	7,035	53.7
	Nonpartisan	Amy Crawford	6,065	46.3
Total votes			13,100	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Tom Tunney (incumbent)	6,126	67.06
	Nonpartisan	Mark Thomas	2,153	23.57
	Nonpartisan	Scott Davis	854	9.35
	Write-in	Robin Cook	2	0.02
Total votes			9,135	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Ameya Pawar (incumbent)	9,974	82.78
	Nonpartisan	Rory A. Fiedler	2,075	17.22
Total votes			12,049	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Harry Osterman (incumbent)	9,456	100
Total votes			9,456	100

Name	Experience	Ref
Don Gordon	Community organizer, candidate for 49th Ward alderman in 2007	^[36]
Joe Moore	Incumbent alderman	^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Joe Moore (incumbent)	5,578	66.84
	Nonpartisan	Don Gordon	2,867	33.16
Total votes			8,645	100

Name	Experience	Ref
Shajan M. Kuriakose	Business consultant	^[41]
Zehra Quadri	Founder of ZAM's Hope Community Resource Center	^[41]
Debra Silverstein	Incumbent alderman	^[41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Debra L. Silverstein (incumbent)	5,024	64.16
	Nonpartisan	Shajan M. Kuriakose	1,406	17.95
	Nonpartisan	Zehra Quadri	1,375	17.56
	Write-in	Peter Sifnotis	19	0.24
	Write-in	Hilaire Fuji Shioura	7	0.09
Total votes			7,831	100

Name	Experience	Ref
Adam Corona	45th Ward Streets and Sanitation superintendent, business owner	^[45]
Juanita Irizarry	Statewide housing coordinator for the Office of the Governor	^[45]
Roberto Maldonado	Incumbent alderman	^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Roberto Maldonado (incumbent)	3,466	52.25
	Nonpartisan	Juanita Irizarry	2,248	33.89
	Nonpartisan	Adam Corona	919	13.85
Total votes			6,633	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Ariel E. Reboyras (incumbent)	4,119	99.32
	Write-in	Edgar Esparza	28	0.68
Total votes			4,147	100

2015_Chicago_aldermanic_elections

Overview

Campaign

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North Side

1st Ward

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32nd Ward

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50th Ward

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26th Ward

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Name	Experience	Ref
Irma Cornier	Belmont Cragin neighborhood event organizer, employee of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center	^[50]
Milly Santiago	former chief of staff for Alderman Billy Ocasio, bilingual clerk for Chicago Public Schools in the Department of Bilingual Education, former member of the United States Army Reserves, television reporter for Telemundo	^[50]
Sean Starr	Lawyer and university professor	^[50]
Ray Suarez	Incumbent alderman	^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Regner "Ray" Suarez (incumbent)	2,778	48.02
	Nonpartisan	Milagros Santiago	2,146	37.10
	Nonpartisan	Sean C. Starr	919	9.82
	Nonpartisan	Irma Cornier	293	5.06
Total votes			5,785	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Milagros Santiago	4,218	50.47
	Nonpartisan	Regner "Ray" Suarez (incumbent)	4,139	49.53
Total votes			8,357	100

Name	Experience	Ref
Tim Meegan	Member of Albany Park Neighborhood Council, teacher at Roosevelt High School	^[51]
Deb Mell	Incumbent alderman	^[51]
Annisa Wanat	Member of the local school council at Albany Park Multicultural Academy	^[51]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Deborah L. Mell (incumbent)	4,103	50.21
	Nonpartisan	Tim Meegan	2,779	34.01
	Nonpartisan	Annisa Wanat	1,289	15.78
Total votes			8,171	100

Name	Experience	Ref
Rey Colón	Incumbent alderman	^[54]
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa	Community organizer	^[54]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Carlos Ramirez-Rosa	4,082	67.26
	Nonpartisan	Rey Colón (incumbent)	1,987	32.74
Total votes			6,069	100

Name	Experience	Ref
Omar Aquino	Former Illinois House of Representatives legislative aide	^[55]
Gilbert Villegas	Former chief of staff at the Illinois Capital Development Board, former member of the United States Marine Corps	^[55]
Christopher M. Vittorio	Business owner	^[55]
Alonso Zaragoza	Reference librarian	^[55]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Omar Aquino	2,124	35.61
	Nonpartisan	Gilbert Villegas	1,945	32.61
	Nonpartisan	Christopher M. Vittorio	1,437	24.09
	Nonpartisan	Alonso Zaragoza	458	7.68
Total votes			5,964	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Gilbert Villegas	4,594	55.68
	Nonpartisan	Omar Aquino	3,656	44.32
Total votes			8,250	100