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Patricia A. Foster

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Elections and appointments
Last election

February 26, 2019

Patricia Foster ran for election to the Chicago City Council to represent Ward 21 in Illinois. Foster lost in the general election on February 26, 2019.

Foster was a 2015 candidate for Ward 21 of the Chicago, Illinois City Council.


Elections

2019

See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2019)

General runoff election

General runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 21

Incumbent Howard Brookins defeated Marvin McNeil in the general runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 21 on April 2, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Howard Brookins
Howard Brookins (Nonpartisan)
 
53.3
 
7,183
Marvin McNeil (Nonpartisan)
 
46.7
 
6,294

Total votes: 13,477
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General election

General election for Chicago City Council Ward 21

Incumbent Howard Brookins and Marvin McNeil advanced to a runoff. They defeated Patricia Foster and Joseph Ziegler in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 21 on February 26, 2019.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Howard Brookins
Howard Brookins (Nonpartisan)
 
45.8
 
5,700
Marvin McNeil (Nonpartisan)
 
25.3
 
3,143
Patricia Foster (Nonpartisan)
 
19.1
 
2,382
Joseph Ziegler (Nonpartisan)
 
9.8
 
1,215

Total votes: 12,440
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2015

See also: Chicago, Illinois municipal elections, 2015

The city of Chicago, Illinois, held elections for city council on February 24, 2015. A runoff took place on April 7, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was November 24, 2014.[1] In the general election for Ward 21, incumbent Howard B. Brookins and challenger Marvin Mcneil advanced past Joseph C. Ziegler, Jr., Jeffrey Baker, Doris Lewis Brooks, Patricia A. Foster and Ken Lewis. Brookins defeated Mcneil in the runoff election on April 7, 2015.[2][3] C.M. Winters was removed from the ballot in January 2015.[4]

Chicago City Council, Ward 21, Runoff Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngHoward B. Brookins Incumbent 51.1% 7,574
Marvin Mcneil 48.9% 7,261
Total Votes 14,835
Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official runoff election results," accessed July 9, 2015


Chicago City Council, Ward 21, General Election, 2015
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngHoward B. Brookins Incumbent 41.6% 5,454
Green check mark transparent.pngMarvin Mcneil 14% 1,838
Doris Lewis Brooks 11.7% 1,529
Joseph C. Ziegler, Jr. 10.5% 1,376
Patricia A. Foster 10.4% 1,365
Ken Lewis 6.6% 862
Jeffrey Baker 5.3% 695
Total Votes 11,562
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

Patricia Foster did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.

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