Aldermanic elections: selected statistics
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40th ward
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48th ward
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49th ward
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50th ward
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1972-2011
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1939-2011
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1925-2011
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1925-1992
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Highest percentage of votes
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78.80%
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81.80%
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71.40%
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83.10%
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Candidate with highest percentage
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Simon
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Volini
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Moore
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Quinn
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Year recorded
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1971
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1979
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2011
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1935
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Highest number of votes received
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11390
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21139
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21940
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20460
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Candidate with highest number
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O’Connor
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Freeman
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Williston
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Sperling
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Percentage of votes obtained
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55.70%
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53.20%
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61.00%
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53.70%
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Year recorded
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1983
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1947
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1931
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1967
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Highest number of votes cast
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20449
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39698
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35969
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38080
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Year recorded
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1983
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1947
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1931
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1967
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Lowest number of votes cast
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11091
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8343
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6302
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15433
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Year recorded
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1991
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2003
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1995
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1991
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40th ward |
48th ward | 49th ward | 50th ward | |
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Number of uncontested elections
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5
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3
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1
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1
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Years
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1995-99-
2003-07-11
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1995, 2007,2015
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1927
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1979
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Names of candidates who ran
uncontested
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O’Connor
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Smith
Osterman, Harry
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Frankhauser
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Stone
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Narrowest margin of victory
Candidate and year (percentage)
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55.4%
O’Connor
1987
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50.3%
Hirsh
1959
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51.3%
Saperstein
1975
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50.2%
Sperling
1955
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Narrowest margin of victory
Candidate and year (# votes)
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2331 votes
O’Connor
1983
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89 votes
Hirsh
1959
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251 votes
Moore
2007
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145 votes
Sperling
1955
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Incumbents defeated; (# times)
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2
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4
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1
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4
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Names of defeated incumbents
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Gutstein
Rittenberg
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Quick
Freeman
Hirsh
O’Rourke
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Williston
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Moses
Mellin
Weber
Bremer
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Special elections
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–
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1978
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1930
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1973
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40th ward
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48th ward
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49th ward
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50th ward
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1972-2011
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1939-2011
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1925-2011
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1925-1992
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Note: Statistics relate only to contested elections. Values in bold represent highest or lowest among the Edgewater wards.