Updated 4/8/2021 11:59 AM Des Plaines Alderman Mark Lysakowski got 351 votes on Election Day and was the only candidate on the ballot -- but he may not retain his 1st Ward seat. That's because the number of votes for write-in candidate Gloria Ludwig hasn't been determined yet. If every 1st Ward resident who pulled a ballot but didn't vote for Lysakowski voted for Ludwig, he'd be ahead by only 12 votes.
That hypothetical lead could narrow or disappear if Ludwig got enough people who voted by mail ahead of Election Day to support her instead of Lysakowski. The winner may not be known until after April 20, the deadline for mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day to arrive at the Cook County clerk's office, said Edmund Michalowski, the deputy clerk of elections.