How did Chicago vote for 7th district candidates?
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After polls closed at 7 p.m. last Tuesday evening, La Shawn Ford was quick to claim victory, around 8:30 p.m., as the next U.S. Congressman for Illinois’ 7th district.
Among nearly 100,000 voters across the district — which stretches from the South Side of Chicago, along I-290, to the West Side of Chicago and some western suburbs — Ford got nearly 24% of the vote, and runner-up Melissa Conyears-Ervin got just over 20%, according to unofficial election results from the New York Times.
But among nearly 63,000 Chicago voters, Conyears-Ervin was slightly more popular than Ford. Unofficial City of Chicago numbers show Conyears-Ervin got over 24% of the vote, while Ford got 23.74% (At time of publication, 283 of 291 precincts had been reported).
Before the race was officially called, Conyears-Ervin told attendees at her watch party Tuesday evening that, “Whi…