Chicago Decides: 14 aldermanic races on the ballot
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Also up for grabs on Election Day: 14 aldermanic runoffs.
There are six incumbent council members are on the list because they failed to win a majority of the vote back in February, including Ald. Gilbert Villegas, of the newly re-drawn 36th Ward. He chairs the council's Latino Caucus.
Three alderpersons appointed by outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot are fighting to retain their seats. That includes the 11th Ward's Nicole Lee, the first Chinese American woman to serve on the City Council.
CBS News Chicago reached out to all of the candidates for interviews as voters prepare to cast their ballots.
The 29th Ward, where incumbent Ald. Chris Taliaferro, a former police officer who chairs the City Council Committee on Public Safety, is facing off against businessman and community activist CB Johnson, CEO of the nonprofit Drug Free Westside, neither candidate agreed to an interview with CBS News Chicago.
We were able to hold interviews with all but two candidates in the other 13 wards with runoff elections. You can watch all of those interviews by clicking here.
CBS 2 will have live updates, starting when the polls close at 7:00, on our streaming network CBS News Chicago. Then catch a special edition of the CBS 2 News at 10:00 p.m.
