Tom Dart Once Again Ponders a Run for Mayor By Carol Felsenthal Tom Dart once again ponders a run for mayor. Read more
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa on Being a Young, Gay, Latino Alderman By Emmet Sullivan How did the 26-year-old community activist find out he'd been elected to City Council? Facebook, of course. Read more
Meet the Millennial Politicians on the Northwest Side By Emmet Sullivan How did two millennials with no political experience get elected on the Northwest Side? Read more
Were Chicago's Famous ‘Lakefront Liberals’ Really All that Liberal? By Whet Moser Was Rahm Emanuel's sweep of the affluent lakefront wards a death knell for the "lakefront liberal" piece of Harold Washington's coalition? Or did Rahm deliver what they wanted all along? Read more
The Geography of Rahm Emanuel's Victory By Whet Moser The mayor won early and (relatively) easily last night, but Chuy Garcia's tale of two cities is still visible in the numbers. Read more
How Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia Lost the Election By Carol Felsenthal He was up against an unpopular mayor and had the backing of some very influential unions. So what went wrong? Read more
Mapping the Chicago Mayoral Election Results By Luke Seemann Ward- and precinct-level maps of Tuesday’s results. Read more
20,000 New Voters Can Vote Today, and Most Are in Emanuel Strongholds By Luke Seemann Wards friendly to the mayor showed the most new registrations since the general election. Read more
Emanuel vs. Garcia, in Three Maps By Luke Seemann Precinct- and ward-level maps for the 2015 Chicago mayoral election. Read more
Did Phil Ponce Win Some Votes for Garcia by Bringing Up His Son? By Carol Felsenthal In a heated debate, one moment that stood out was moderator Phil Ponce asking Jesus Garcia if his son was still in a gang. Read more
