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PROCLAMATION Page 1 of 18 PROCLAMATION City of Chicago, Illinois Page 1 of 18 Municipal General Election February 26, 2019 STATITICS District Ballots Cast City Of Chicago 560,701 1st Ward 12,510 2nd Ward 13,738 3rd Ward 13,629 4th Ward 14,435 5th Ward 13,443 6th Ward 10,423 7th Ward 10,396 8th Ward 13,874 9th Ward 11,654 10th Ward 8,532 11th Ward 10,640 12th Ward 6,054 13th Ward 12,702 14th Ward 7,336 15th Ward 5,192 16th Ward 5,729 17th Ward 8,146 18th Ward 12,216 19th Ward 21,375 20th Ward 7,744 21st Ward 12,700 22nd Ward 5,006 23rd Ward 9,175 24th Ward 6,569 25th Ward 10,116 26th Ward 8,985 27th Ward 10,603 28th Ward 8,484 29th Ward 10,962 30th Ward 7,571 31st Ward 6,565 32nd Ward 13,445 33rd Ward 11,086 34th Ward 11,892 35th Ward 8,072 36th Ward 5,864 37th Ward 7,839 38th Ward 11,032 39th Ward 13,464 40th Ward 13,542 41st Ward 18,014 42nd Ward 13,729 43rd Ward 14,530 44th Ward 15,422 45th Ward 15,013 46th Ward 14,217 47th Ward 19,678 48th Ward 15,450 49th Ward 12,531 City of Chicago, Illinois PROCLAMATION Page 2 of 18 Municipal General Election February 26, 2019 STATITICS 50th Ward 9,377 City of Chicago, Illinois PROCLAMATION Page 3 of 18 Municipal General Election February 26, 2019 STATISTICS 1st Ward 44 Precincts Reported: 44 2nd Ward 46 Precincts Reported: 46 3rd Ward 41 Precincts Reported: 41 4th Ward 38 Precincts Reported: 38 5th Ward 41 Precincts Reported: 41 6th Ward 48 Precincts Reported: 48 7th Ward 46 Precincts Reported: 46 8th Ward 56 Precincts Reported: 56 9th Ward 51 Precincts Reported: 51 10th Ward 36 Precincts Reported: 36 11th Ward 38 Precincts Reported: 38 12th Ward 23 Precincts Reported: 23 13th Ward 48 Precincts Reported: 48 14th Ward 31 Precincts Reported: 31 15th Ward 24 Precincts Reported: 24 16th Ward 36 Precincts Reported: 36 17th Ward 41 Precincts Reported: 41 18th Ward 50 Precincts Reported: 50 19th Ward 57 Precincts Reported: 57 20th Ward 39 Precincts Reported: 39 21st Ward 54 Precincts Reported: 54 22nd Ward 25 Precincts Reported: 25 23rd Ward 39 Precincts Reported: 39 24th Ward 41 Precincts Reported: 41 25th Ward 32 Precincts Reported: 32 26th Ward 49 Precincts Reported: 49 27th Ward 50 Precincts Reported: 50 28th Ward 46 Precincts Reported: 46 29th Ward 44 Precincts Reported: 44 30th Ward 32 Precincts Reported: 32 31st Ward 41 Precincts Reported: 41 32nd Ward 43 Precincts Reported: 43 33rd Ward 28 Precincts Reported: 28 34th Ward 53 Precincts Reported: 53 35th Ward 31 Precincts Reported: 31 36th Ward 30 Precincts Reported: 30 37th Ward 41 Precincts Reported: 41 38th Ward 41 Precincts Reported: 41 39th Ward 45 Precincts Reported: 45 40th Ward 39 Precincts Reported: 39 41st Ward 47 Precincts Reported: 47 42nd Ward 42 Precincts Reported: 42 43rd Ward 46 Precincts Reported: 46 44th Ward 41 Precincts Reported: 41 45th Ward 48 Precincts Reported: 48 46th Ward 40 Precincts Reported: 40 47th Ward 48 Precincts Reported: 48 48th Ward 46 Precincts Reported: 46 49th Ward 33 Precincts Reported: 33 50th Ward 40 Precincts Reported: 40 PROCLAMATION Page 4 of 18 Municipal General Election February 26, 2019 Summary Report City of Chicago, Illinois Registration & Turnout Registration Turnout Total Registration and Turnout 1,581,755 560,701 35.45% Contests Mayor 2069 of 2069 precincts counted 100.00% JERRY JOYCE 40,099 7.20% PAUL VALLAS 30,236 5.43% WILLIE L. WILSON 59,072 10.61% TONI PRECKWINKLE 89,343 16.04% WILLIAM M. DALEY 82,294 14.78% GARRY MCCARTHY 14,784 2.65% GERY CHICO 34,521 6.20% SUSANA A. MENDOZA 50,373 9.05% AMARA ENYIA 44,589 8.01% LA SHAWN K. FORD 5,606 1.01% NEAL SÁLES-GRIFFIN 1,523 0.27% LORI LIGHTFOOT 97,667 17.54% ROBERT ''BOB'' FIORETTI 4,302 0.77% JOHN KENNETH KOZLAR 2,349 0.42% WRITE-IN 86 0.02% Total 556,844 Clerk 2069 of 2069 precincts counted 100.00% ANNA M. VALENCIA 264,319 99.85% WRITE-IN 387 0.15% Total 264,706 Treasurer 2069 of 2069 precincts counted 100.00% MELISSA CONYEARS-ERVIN 225,385 44.26% AMEYA PAWAR 211,759 41.59% PETER GARIEPY 72,068 14.15% WRITE-IN 4 0.00% Total 509,216 Alderman 1st Ward 44 of 44 precincts counted 100.00% PROCO ''JOE'' MORENO 4,635 38.74% DANIEL LA SPATA 7,326 61.23% WRITE-IN 3 0.03% Total 11,964 Alderman 2nd Ward 46 of 46 precincts counted 100.00% BRIAN HOPKINS 10,977 99.96% WRITE-IN 4 0.04% Total 10,981 PROCLAMATION Page 5 of 18 Alderman 3rd Ward 41 of 41 precincts counted 100.00% PATRICIA ''PAT'' DOWELL 9,085 69.00% ALEXANDRIA WILLIS 4,079 30.98% WRITE-IN 3 0.02% Total 13,167 Alderman 4th Ward 38 of 38 precincts counted 100.00% SOPHIA KING 9,178 66.10% EBONY D. LUCAS 4,708 33.90% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 13,886 Alderman 5th Ward 41 of 41 precincts counted 100.00% LESLIE A. HAIRSTON 6,284 48.51% WILLIAM CALLOWAY 3,464 26.74% GABRIEL PIEMONTE 3,205 24.74% WRITE-IN 1 0.01% Total 12,954 Alderman 6th Ward 48 of 48 precincts counted 100.00% RODERICK T. SAWYER 5,053 49.94% RICHARD A. WOOTEN 1,900 18.78% DEBORAH A. FOSTER-BONNER 3,159 31.22% WRITE-IN 7 0.07% Total 10,119 Alderman 7th Ward 46 of 46 precincts counted 100.00% GREGORY I. MITCHELL 6,684 66.30% CHARLES KYLE 1,294 12.83% JEDIDIAH L. BROWN 2,100 20.83% WRITE-IN 4 0.04% Total 10,082 Alderman 8th Ward 56 of 56 precincts counted 100.00% MICHELLE A. HARRIS 8,723 64.35% JEWEL R. EASTERLING-SMITH 1,091 8.05% LINDA HUDSON 2,356 17.38% FAHEEM SHABAZZ 1,385 10.22% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 13,555 Alderman 9th Ward 51 of 51 precincts counted 100.00% ANTHONY A. BEALE 6,773 59.25% CLEOPATRA WATSON 2,949 25.80% PAUL COLLINS 938 8.21% ESSIE HALL 763 6.67% WRITE-IN 8 0.07% Total 11,431 Alderman 10th Ward 36 of 36 precincts counted 100.00% SUSAN SADLOWSKI GARZA 5,773 68.62% ROBERT ''BOBBY'' LONCAR 2,640 31.38% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 8,413 PROCLAMATION Page 6 of 18 Alderman 11th Ward 38 of 38 precincts counted 100.00% PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON 7,537 73.44% DAVID MIHALYFY 2,726 26.56% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 10,263 Alderman 12th Ward 23 of 23 precincts counted 100.00% GEORGE CARDENAS 2,987 50.21% PETE DEMAY 1,019 17.13% MARTHA YERANIA RANGEL 929 15.62% JOSE RICO 1,006 16.91% WRITE-IN 8 0.13% Total 5,949 Alderman 13th Ward 48 of 48 precincts counted 100.00% MARTY QUINN 10,759 86.04% DAVID J. KRUPA 1,746 13.96% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 12,505 Alderman 14th Ward 31 of 31 precincts counted 100.00% EDWARD M. BURKE 3,917 54.24% JAIME GUZMAN 1,181 16.36% TANYA G. PATINO 2,123 29.40% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 7,221 Alderman 15th Ward 24 of 24 precincts counted 100.00% JOSEPH G. WILLIAMS 413 8.08% RAFAEL ''RAFA'' YANEZ 1,116 21.83% RAYMOND A. LOPEZ 2,541 49.70% BERTO AGUAYO 833 16.29% OTIS DAVIS, JR. 210 4.11% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 5,113 Alderman 16th Ward 36 of 36 precincts counted 100.00% STEPHANIE D. COLEMAN 2,464 44.12% LATASHA M. SANDERS 540 9.67% KENNY C. DOSS II 364 6.52% TONI L. FOULKES 1,758 31.48% JEFFREY L. LEWIS 88 1.58% EDDIE JOHNSON III 371 6.64% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 5,585 Alderman 17th Ward 41 of 41 precincts counted 100.00% DAVID H. MOORE 5,316 67.21% RAYNETTA GREENLEAF 2,594 32.79% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 7,910 PROCLAMATION Page 7 of 18 Alderman 18th Ward 50 of 50 precincts counted 100.00% CHUKS ONYEZIA 3,904 32.65% DERRICK G. CURTIS 8,050 67.32% WRITE-IN 3 0.03% Total 11,957 Alderman 19th Ward 57 of 57 precincts counted 100.00% MATTHEW J. O'SHEA 17,654 85.24% DAVID A. DEWAR 3,056 14.76% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 20,710 Alderman 20th Ward 39 of 39 precincts counted 100.00% JEANETTE B TAYLOR 2,154 28.78% NICOLE J. JOHNSON 1,644 21.97% MAYA HODARI 701 9.37% JENNIFER O. MADDOX 460 6.15% ANDRE SMITH 600 8.02% DERNARD D. NEWELL 71 0.95% QUANDRA V. SPEIGHTS 157 2.10% KEVIN M. BAILEY 1,211 16.18% ANTHONY DRIVER, JR. 486 6.49% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 7,484 Alderman 21st Ward 54 of 54 precincts counted 100.00% HOWARD B. BROOKINS, JR. 5,700 45.82% MARVIN MCNEIL 3,143 25.27% PATRICIA A. FOSTER 2,382 19.15% JOSEPH C. ZIEGLER, JR. 1,215 9.77% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 12,440 Alderman 22nd Ward 25 of 25 precincts counted 100.00% MICHAEL D. RODRIGUEZ 3,104 63.80% LISETTE ''LIZ'' LOPEZ 675 13.87% RICHARD JUAREZ 610 12.54% NEFTALIE GONZALEZ 476 9.78% WRITE-IN 0 0.00% Total 4,865 Alderman 23rd Ward 39 of 39 precincts counted 100.00% SILVANA TABARES 6,702 76.12% PAULINO R.
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