{"id":12203,"date":"2015-04-07T21:39:32","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T02:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=12203"},"modified":"2015-04-21T18:27:34","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T23:27:34","slug":"chicago-elections-2015-the-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-elections-2015-the-runoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Elections 2015 &#8211; The Runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Commissioner Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia were forced into a runoff election after the first election in February, which led to millions of additional dollars raised and spent and extensive debating and campaigning across the city \u2013 and the airwaves.<\/p>\n<p>For in-depth coverage, Medill Reports followed the mayoral candidates and spread across the wards for the 18 aldermanic races that were also forced into runoffs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"paragraph ng-attr-widget\">Mayoral election results<\/h1>\n<p>[field name=&#8221;mayorrunoff&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Mayoral election results from the Chicago Board of Elections. (Alysha Khan\/Medill)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Medill Reports spoke to the colorful and diverse voters to find out what affected them the second time around. You can also follow us at<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MedillChicago\"> TWITTER<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medillreportschicago?fref=ts\">FACEBOOK\u00a0<\/a>AND <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/medillreports\/\">INSTAGRAM<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"paragraph ng-attr-widget\">Check out the latest coverage from Medill Reports<\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-victory-for-rahm-voter-questions-electioncast-2015\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-12584\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/04\/Screen-Shot-2015-04-07-at-9.43.08-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"Polling station bridgeport\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-victory-for-rahm-voter-questions-electioncast-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Electioncast 2015: Medill Reports&#8217; coverage<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Medill Reports provides analysis, election results, and stories from around Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-victory-for-rahm-voter-questions-electioncast-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/mayor-rahm-emanuel-to-serve-four-more-years-after-winning-election-runoff\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7629 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Rahm-E15-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/mayor-rahm-emanuel-to-serve-four-more-years-after-winning-election-runoff\/\" target=\"_blank\">The race to the mayor&#8217;s office<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Mayor Emanuel won another four years in city hall after taking more than 55 percent of the votes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/mayor-rahm-emanuel-to-serve-four-more-years-after-winning-election-runoff\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-aldermanic-election-results-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5823 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/10th-ward-candidate-forumpic-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Out and about in the wards<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A number of hotly contested aldermanic races will play out across the city today and in many wards, the results will prove crucial in shaping the politics of Chicago. <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-aldermanic-election-results-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/voices-from-the-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6559 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/GNPKG1-feature-image-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Voices of the voters<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The politicians have had the mic for months, but the opinions of Chicago&#8217;s voters are what count.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/voices-from-the-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/category\/topics\/election2015\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7395 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/Mayoral-Forum-Crowd-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/category\/topics\/election2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Past coverage<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Check out Medill Report&#8217;s coverage of the candidates and issues in the weeks leading up the runoff election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/category\/topics\/election2015\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/about-the-election-2015-team\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7996 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/feature1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/about-the-election-2015-team\/\" target=\"_blank\">About the Medill Reports Election 2015 Team<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Check out the faces and talent\u00a0behind this special project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/about-the-election-2015-team\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">\u2192<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Commissioner Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia were forced into a runoff election after the first election in February, which led to millions of additional dollars raised and spent and extensive debating and campaigning across the city \u2013 and the airwaves. For in-depth coverage, Medill Reports followed the mayoral candidates and spread [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":12221,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[321,28,30,436],"tags":[192],"class_list":["post-12203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election2015","category-general-interest","category-public-affairs","category-spring-2015","tag-promo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chicago Elections 2015 - The Runoff - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-elections-2015-the-runoff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicago Elections 2015 - The Runoff - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Commissioner Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia were forced into a runoff election after the first election in February, which led to millions of additional dollars raised and spent and extensive debating and campaigning across the city \u2013 and the airwaves. 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