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Social Worker, Attorney Up For Rematch In 46th Ward
CHICAGO (CBS) – A social worker and an attorney will meet again on April 5 in the battle to replace Helen Shiller as 46th Ward alderman. Eleven candidates ran in the often heated race for the seat. The...
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47th Ward Winner Will Be First Indian-American Alderman
CHICAGO (CBS) – Northwestern University emergency management staffer Ameya Pawar defeated the handpicked candidate to replace Ald. Eugene Schulter (47th) Tuesday night, and will be the city’s first...
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Ald. Stone In Runoff For Second Time
CHICAGO (CBS) – For the second consecutive time, Ald. Bernard Stone (50th) has been forced into a runoff with a challenger. On April 5, Stone will take on second-place finisher Debra Silverstein, a...
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Last Day For Early Voting In Runoff Elections
CHICAGO (CBS) –Chicago voters have until 5 p.m. Thursday to cast their ballots. Only those who live in one of the 14 wards with runoff elections may vote. Voters may use any city site, regardless of...
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Many New Faces Coming To City Council
CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) – This week’s elections will usher in a new look for the Chicago City Council, even if all the incumbents on the ballot win. As WBBM Newsradio 780 Political Editor Craig Dellimore...
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Emanuel Seeking ‘Partners’ In Aldermanic Runoff Races
CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel says he’s looking for partners in tomorrow’s aldermanic runoff elections, candidates who share his views of reform of city government. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent...
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Stone, Silverstein Fight For West Rogers Park
Updated 04/05/11 – 4:27 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – Ald. Bernard Stone (50th) has represented the West Rogers Park neighborhood in the City Council for nearly four decades, but now, he is in the fight of his...
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Four Incumbent Aldermen Fall In Runoffs
Updated 04/06/11 – 5:38 a.m. Click Here For Full Election Results For Chicago CHICAGO (CBS) – Four incumbent Chicago aldermen have lost their bids for another term, or were trailing late in the polls...
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Ald.-Elect Sposato: ‘All The Hard Work Paid Off’
CLICK HERE For Complete Election Results CHICAGO (CBS) – A little-known Chicago firefighter will soon take over as alderman of the Northwest Side’s 36th Ward, after an upset victory Tuesday night. In...
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Silverstein’s Victory Ends Stone’s Long Run
CLICK HERE For Complete Election Results UPDATED 04/06/11 11:33 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – After nearly 40 years and plenty of controversies, Bernard Stone is out as alderman of the West Rogers Park...
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45th Ward Race Too Close To Call
Click Here For Full Election Results For Chicago CHICAGO (CBS/WBBM) – Several aldermanic contests were quite close, and one, in the 45th Ward, is expected to require a recount. As WBBM Newsradio 780’s...
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Lyle Loses Tight Race To Sawyer In 6th Ward
CHICAGO (CBS) – Four incumbent Chicago aldermen lost their bids for re-election in Tuesday’s runoffs and the tightest of those contests was in the 6th Ward, where Ald. Freddrenna Lyle lost out to...
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Cappleman To Replace Shiller In Uptown’s 46th
CHICAGO (CBS) – Social worker James Cappleman will succeed 24-year veteran Ald. Helen Shiller to represent the Uptown neighborhood’s 46th Ward in the City council. With all precincts reporting,...
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Outgoing Alderman Shiller Closes Ward Office
CHICAGO (WBBM) – Some outgoing aldermen may be forced to cut back on their spending for the next two weeks, and some are scaling back operations. As WBBM Newsradio 780 Political Editor Craig Dellimore...
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Changing Of The Guard As Old Aldermen Say Farewell
UPDATED 05/04/11 6:02 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — It was certainly no ordinary Chicago City Council meeting on Wednesday. There were a lot of goodbyes as Chicago gets ready for a new mayor and a much...
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Freshman Alderman Basks In Glow Of Historic Day
UPDATED 05/18/11 6:22 p.m. CHICAGO (CBS) — Nothing could dampen Ald. Ameya Pawar’s enthusiasm over his first city council meeting –not even his inability to get into his City Hall office because it...
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Back Of The Yards Residents Want One Alderman, Not Five
CHICAGO (CBS) – Community activists in the Back of the Yards neighborhood says they’re not asking for much. They want one alderman. As WBBM Newsradio’s Bob Roberts reports, several hundred community...
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Vrdolyak Released From Prison
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (CBS) — Former Chicago alderman and political powerbroker Edward Vrdolyak was released from prison Thursday. Vrdolyak, 73, has completed his 10-month sentence at the federal prison...
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Mayor Emanuel Stays Out Of Ward Remap Scuffle
CHICAGO (CBS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying to stay out of the very contentious talks among aldermen about redrawing the City of Chicago’s ward boundaries. If there’s one thing aldermen do agree on,...
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Vrdolyak Released From Home Confinement Early
CHICAGO (CBS) — Former alderman and political powerbroker Edward Vrdolyak is completely free, after being released from home imprisonment three months ahead of time. The Chicago Sun-Times reports U.S....
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