Six members of the Chicago City Council will have to defend their seats during the April 4 runoff, including 29th Ward Ald. Chris Taliaferro, who fell 25 votes short of winning a majority of votes in his West Side ward.
The official results, including all eligible mail-in ballots counted by the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners on Wednesday, put Ald. Chris Taliaferro 25 votes shy of the majority he needed to win a third term outright.
With just one day left to receive mail-in ballots, it appears that more than a dozen Chicago City Council races will join the city’s mayoral race in runoff.
While the majority of the 50 Chicago City Council seats have been filled after the Feb. 28 elections, more than a dozen are still up for grabs in the April 4.
With votes continuing to trickle in, it looks like there will be plenty of intriguing races on the ballot when Chicagoans return to the polls for the April 4.