Some good, some still waiting:
- Stone loses big - Ald. Bernard Stone, the second-longest-serving Chicago City Council member, conceded defeat tonight to challenger Debra Silverstein in the 50th Ward contest.
With 84 percent of precincts counted, Silverstein had 62 percent to 38 percent for Stone. - Police hater and drunk driver Dixon loses - In the West Side’s 24th Ward former alderman Michael Chandler ousted bitter rival and current alderman Sharon Denise Dixon. Chandler had a 60-40 lead with all precincts counted.
Chandler, who held the office for 12 years before Dixon defeated him in 2007, had called Dixon “the worst alderman in the history of Chicago.” - CFD's Sposato wins - Firefighter Nick Sposato, 52, a political neophyte, came out of nowhere Tuesday to knock off Ald. John Rice (36th).
With 100 percent of precincts reporting, the underfunded and unknown Sposato led Rice 56 percent to 44 percent - Garrido is behind by twenty-nine votes. We aren't sure if this total includes absentees and provisional ballots though. We aren't sure on that process, but that's close enough for the Machine to steal it for Arena.
An interesting finish.