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Otis Percy
Otis Percy ran for election to the Chicago City Council to represent Ward 37 in Illinois. Percy was disqualified from the general election scheduled on February 26, 2019.
Percy was a 2015 candidate for Ward 37 of the Chicago, Illinois City Council.
Percy was disqualified from the February 26, 2019 election for the Alderman 37th ward after submitting an invalid Statement of Economic Interest form.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2019)
General election
General election for Chicago City Council Ward 37
Incumbent Emma Mitts defeated Tara Stamps and Deondre Rutues in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 37 on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Emma Mitts (Nonpartisan) | 54.1 | 4,151 |
Tara Stamps (Nonpartisan)  | 40.2 | 3,083 | ||
 | Deondre Rutues (Nonpartisan) | 5.7 | 436 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 5 | ||
| Total votes: 7,675 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Otis Percy (Nonpartisan)
2015
The city of Chicago, Illinois, held elections for city council on February 24, 2015. A runoff will take place in Ward 37 on April 7, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was November 24, 2014.[2] In the general election for Ward 37, incumbent Emma Mitts and Tara Stamps advanced past Leroy Duncan and Maretta Brown-Miller.[3] Mitts defeated Stamps in the runoff election on April 7, 2015.[4] Otis Percy was removed from the ballot.[5]
| Chicago City Council, Ward 37, Runoff Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Emma Mitts Incumbent |
53% | 5,340 | |
| Tara Stamps | 47% | 4,734 | |
| Total Votes | 10,074 | ||
| Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official runoff election results," accessed July 9, 2015 | |||
| Chicago City Council, Ward 37, General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Emma Mitts Incumbent |
49.1% | 4,033 | |
| Tara Stamps |
32.1% | 2,640 | |
| Maretta Brown-Miller | 13% | 1,071 | |
| Leroy Duncan | 5.7% | 472 | |
| Total Votes | 8,216 | ||
| Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official general election results," accessed July 9, 2015 | |||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Chicago 2019 Candidate Survey
Otis Percy did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Library of Electoral Board Decisions: 1980-2019 Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago," accessed February 13, 2020
- ↑ Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "2015 Election Calendar," accessed August 21, 2014
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Unofficial Election Results," accessed February 24, 2015
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Unofficial runoff election results," accessed April 7, 2015
- ↑ Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "General Election Candidate List," accessed December 3, 2014
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