LIVE Coverage of The Chicago Mayoral Election

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Perspective: Trump Supporters Violently Storm the U.S. Capitol

By Jay Doherty

Clip from TJDP 142 Trump-supporting terrorists have attempted to overthrow the government in pursuit of unfounded claims that the election was “stolen” from them… and...

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Perspective: The Hypocrisy of “RINOs” and “DINOs” in Congress

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Clip from TJDP 142 Right now, The Democrats’ biggest problem is not the Republicans and the Republicans’ biggest problem is not the Democrats. The biggest...

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Perspective: The Contradictory, Confusing Congressional COVID-19 Stimulus Negotiations

By Jay Doherty

TJDP 141 Republicans, Democrats, Trump, Trump’s team, and many members of congress, are all disagreeing -- or are just plain confused -- over the direction...

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Perspective: Who should get the COVID-19 Vaccine First?

By Jay Doherty

TJDP 141 As the COVID-19 vaccine distribution appears to be going well, the political division of who gets it first is just as relevant. Some...

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Perspective: The Massive Cybersecurity Attack on The U.S. Government, Others

By Jay Doherty

TJDP 140 - Segment - The Massive Cybersecurity Attack on The U.S. Government, Others The United States of America has been attacked… virtually. It was...

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Last updated on February 26, 2019

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THE CANDIDATES · THE STORY· THE LIVE UPDATES

THE CANDIDATES

Gery Chico, Bill Daley Amara Enyia, Bob Fioretti, La Shawn Ford, Jerry Joyce Jr., John Kozlar, Lori Lightfoot, Garry McCarthy, Susana Mendoza, Toni Preckwinkle, Neal Sales-Griffin, Paul Vallas, and Willie Wilson.

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08:05 PM CST

LIGHTFOOT AND PRECKWINKLE LEAD AT 63% OF VOTES COUNTED FOR

Lori Lightfoot continues to lead at the moment with 67,028 votes. Preckwinkle, about 7,000 votes behind is at 60,469. In third place, Daley is at just over 57,000. Votes continue to be counted

07:47 PM CST

LIGHTFOOT LEADS

Lori Lightfoot leads now with a majority of the vote. As it stands now, Lightfoot has acquired 51,103 of Chicago’s 303,000+ votes.

07:00 PM CST

POLLS CLOSE

The polls have now officially closed after record-low voter turnout. Historically, the total number of votes has been much higher, and the number of candidates have been much lower… perhaps a trend in the quantities. In the 2015 race for mayor, candidates Rahm Emanuel, Chuy Garcia, and Willie Wilson gained a total of 429,591 votes.

11:00 AM CST

OPENING COVERAGE

Welcome to The Doherty File’s LIVE Coverage of Chicago’s 2019 Mayoral Elections. Tonight, we’re expected to see at least a runoff, and potentially a victory. Here, you’ll see live updates, live results, analysis, and predictions as to who will be the next mayor of Chicago.