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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.
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.’
Candidates declared victory in at least three of those tight contests, but no one was conceding defeat with thousands of outstanding mail ballots.
Nearly a quarter of the city will get new political leadership in 2023, a result of an unprecedented exodus of veteran alderpeople that led to a generational shift in Chicago politics, with six Black, Latina and Asian American women replacing veteran City Council members, all of them men.
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Recently appointed Ald. Timmy Knudsen is challenged by community organizer Brian Comer in a heated 43rd Ward race.