Daniel La Spata Face A Runoff In 1st Ward? It’s Too Close To Call With Mail-In Ballots OutĬhris Ridgeway, who does communications for La Spata’s campaign, said they’re watching the vote tallies closely and feel “cautiously optimistic” La Spata will win outright. Not all of those ballots were mailed back in time or postmarked correctly, but some will be counted, which could alter vote totals, said election board spokesperson Max Bever.Įlections officials expect to “declare the race complete” March 15, when counting has commenced, Bever said. If not, the top two square off April 4.Īs of Wednesday evening, the 1st Ward had 1,664 unreturned mail-in ballots, down from 3,909 on March 2, according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. For comparison, La Spata had 49.1 percent of the vote a week ago to Royko’s 24.1 percent.Ĭandidates needed to get more than 50 percent of the vote in last week’s election to win the seat outright. La Spata had 50.09 percent of the vote Wednesday, which would be enough to dodge a runoff with closest challenger Sam Royko, who held 23.4 percent of the vote. Daniel La Spata (1st) could avoid a runoff for his aldermanic seat after picking up more mail-in votes - but ballots are still being tallied, and elections officials said they won’t call the race until next week.
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