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With all precincts reporting, Lee held 62% of the vote compared to her challenger Anthony Ciaravino’s 38%.

With former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson’s conviction, it may seem that the Daley family’s grip on the 11th Ward is slipping. But despite boundary and demographic changes in the ward, the Daleys and their allies are still exerting influence.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot had an undeniably bad night Tuesday, as she was unceremoniously dumped by voters. Things were only marginally better for the four City Council members Lightfoot appointed over the last year.

At least 10 races for alderperson appear headed for runoffs in April — but uncounted mail-in ballots remain a wild card in many of the contests.

And three of those runoffs would involve incumbents appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot over the last year.

But the state agency won’t say what new evidence prompted it to approve James J. Banks — an Illinois Tollway board member under five governors — for video poker machines and other gambling devices.