Updated 4/20/2021 1:11 PM Former Des Plaines City Clerk Gloria Ludwig's write-in campaign to unseat 1st Ward Alderman Mark Lysakowski appears to have come up short. Now that nearly all of Cook County's mail-in ballots have been counted, unofficial results from the April 6 election showed Lysakowski ahead 370 votes to 264 votes.
The deadline for mail-in ballots to arrive at the Cook County clerk's office is Tuesday afternoon. Lysakowski was the only 1st Ward candidate on the ballot. The apparent victory gives him a second 4-year term on the city council. On Tuesday, Lysakowski said he expected the race would be close but was confident he'd win based on conversations with 1st Ward voters.