Election results - and a few thoughts/questions

Here are the results, as of , with at least 96% of precincts reporting in . Those in a runoff are in bold. Winners are bold and underlined.

Alderman 6th Ward

46 out of 48 precincts (95.83 %)

RODERICK T. SAWYER	5,541	55.99 %
RICHARD A. WOOTEN	2,605	26.32 %
BRIAN T. GARNER	1,750	17.68 %

Alderman 9th Ward

50 out of 51 precincts (98.04 %)

ANTHONY A. BEALE	7,108	62.55 %
MICHAEL E. LAFARGUE	1,793	15.78 %
HAROLD ''NOONIE'' WARD	1,159	10.20 %
THEODORE ''TED'' WILLIAMS	1,304	11.47 %

Alderman 21st Ward

52 out of 54 precincts (96.30 %)

MARVIN MCNEIL	1,747	14.10 %
JEFFREY BAKER	681	5.50 %
HOWARD B. BROOKINS, JR.	5,161	41.67 %
JOSEPH C. ZIEGLER, JR.	1,234	9.96 %
DORIS LEWIS BROOKS	1,450	11.71 %
PATRICIA A. FOSTER	1,273	10.28 %
KEN LEWIS	840	6.78 %

And for a few wards neighboring our main focus:

Alderman 17th Ward

41 out of 41 precincts (100.00 %)

GLENDA FRANKLIN	3,000	36.14 %
DAVID H. MOORE	4,413	53.17 %
JAMES E. DUKES	887	10.69 %

Moore narrowly lost a runoff last election.

Alderman 8th Ward

55 out of 56 precincts (98.21 %)

MICHELLE A. HARRIS	8,866	68.63 %
FAHEEM SHABAZZ	2,043	15.82 %
TARA F. BALDRIDGE	2,009	15.55 %

Michelle Harris is the incumbent.

------

And the Mayor's race:

Ward

Votes Cast

RAHM EMANUEL

%

WILLIE WILSON

%

ROBERT W. FIORETTI

%

JESUS ''CHUY'' GARCIA

%

WILLIAM WALLS, III

%

Total

458824

208176

45.37%

48582

10.59%

33907

7.39%

155485

33.89%

12674

2.76%

Question: will McNeil get support from the Chicago Teachers Union and/or work with Garcia's campaign?

=======

Any surprises for you, the reader? Your thoughts and analysis?

In a separate post, we'll break down some votes by ward (at least for Mayor).   Details are now up (as of 11:35pm) at http://www.chicagoelections.com/en/wdlevel3.asp?elec_code=10