2019 Chicago aldermanic election

2019 Chicago aldermanic elections

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All 50 seats in the Chicago City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Party Democratic Democratic Socialists of America Republican
Seats before 48[a][b] 1 1[a]
Seats won 40[a] 6[a] 1[a]
Seat change Decrease8 Increase5 Steady

Results by ward. An asterisk notes the necessity of a runoff election.

The 2019 Chicago aldermanic election took place in two rounds on February 26 and April 2, 2019, to elect 50 aldermen to the Chicago City Council. Each alderman represents one of Chicago's 50 wards. The elections are non-partisan and use a two-round system where the top two finishers compete in a second-round run-off if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round. The elections were party of the 2019 Chicago elections, which included elections for Mayor, City Clerk, City Treasurer.[1]

Of the 50 incumbent aldermen 45 ran for re-election.[2][1] Incumbents did not run in the 20th, 22nd, 25th, 39th, and 47th wards.[1] Five aldermen ran unopposed: Brian Hopkins (2nd ward), Scott Waguespack (32nd), Gilbert Villegas (36th), Brendan Reilly (42nd), and Nicholas Sposato (38th).[2]

Three aldermen were defeated in the first round, and four more were defeated in run-off elections. There were a total of 12 new aldermen elected: Daniel La Spata (1st ward), Stephanie Coleman (16th), Jeanette Taylor (20th), Michael Rodriguez (22nd), Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th), Felix Cardona (31st), Rossana Rodríguez (33rd), Samantha Nugent (39th), Andre Vasquez (40th), Jim Gardiner (45th), Matt Martin (47th), and Maria Hadden (49th). After the election, the council's Progressive Caucus grew from 10 to 18 members and a new 6-member Socialist Caucus was formed.


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  1. ^ a b c "City council elections in Chicago, Illinois (2019)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Chicago Board of Elections. "Candidate and Referendum Filings, February 26, 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2018.