Cornell Dantzler News Today

Brandon Johnson is propelled to victory through union and grassroots support.

Lincoln Park Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) has officially parlayed his City Council appointment into election to a full term, as challenger Brian Comer on Tuesday conceded defeat a week after the polls closed in their runoff contest.

Lincoln Park Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) has officially parlayed his City Council appointment into election to a full term, as challenger Brian Comer on Tuesday...

One week after Election Day, Brian Comer has conceded to Timmy Knudsen in the 43rd Ward race, representing Lincoln Park, Old Town and the Gold Coast.

Three aldermanic runoff races in predominately Black wards were decided in Tuesday’s Chicago elections, as Black voters went to the polls in higher numbers

Although the final election results will not be officially certified for two weeks, activist Ronnie Mosley declared victory in the 21st Ward aldermanic race

The victory of community organizer Ronnie Mosley, 31, was secured on Monday with the concession of retired firefighter Cornell Dantzler, who concluded the ballots that could still arrive in the mail would not be enough to erase Mosley’s lead.

More Chicago election results by ward have come in. Cornell Dantzler conceded to Ronnie Mosley in the 21st Ward.

Timmy Knudsen — the first openly gay person to represent the Lincoln Park ward, and one of the City Council’s youngest members — thanked 43rd Ward voters ‘for turning out in historic numbers.’

When she’s sworn in next month, Manaa-Hoppenworth will join 11th Ward Ald. Nicole Lee as the only Asian Americans on the Council. “I’m just thinking of my dad — never in his wildest dreams would he have imagined we’d get here,” Manaa-Hoppenworth told the Sun-Times earlier this week.