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Roger L. Washington
Roger Washington ran for election for Mayor of Chicago in Illinois. Washington was disqualified from the general election scheduled on February 26, 2019.
Washington was a 2015 candidate for Ward 24 of the Chicago, Illinois City Council.
Washington was disqualified from the February 26, 2019 mayoral election after he did not provide enough valid petition signatures.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: Mayoral election in Chicago, Illinois (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Chicago
Lori Lightfoot defeated Toni Preckwinkle in the general runoff election for Mayor of Chicago on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan) | 73.7 | 386,039 |
 | Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan) | 26.3 | 137,765 | |
| Total votes: 523,804 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Chicago
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Chicago on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lori Lightfoot (Nonpartisan) | 17.5 | 97,667 |
| ✔ | | Toni Preckwinkle (Nonpartisan) | 16.0 | 89,343 |
 | Bill Daley (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 82,294 | |
 | Willie Wilson (Nonpartisan) | 10.6 | 59,072 | |
 | Susana Mendoza (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 50,373 | |
 | Amara Enyia (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 44,589 | |
 | Jerry Joyce (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 40,099 | |
 | Gery Chico (Nonpartisan) | 6.2 | 34,521 | |
 | Paul Vallas (Nonpartisan) | 5.4 | 30,236 | |
 | Garry McCarthy (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 14,784 | |
 | La Shawn Ford (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 5,606 | |
 | Bob Fioretti (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 4,302 | |
 | John Kozlar (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 2,349 | |
 | Neal Sáles-Griffin (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 1,523 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 86 | ||
| Total votes: 556,844 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Catherine Brown D'Tycoon (Nonpartisan)
- Dorothy Brown (Nonpartisan)
- Ja'Mal Green (Nonpartisan)
- Conrien Hykes Clark (Nonpartisan)
- Sandra Mallory (Nonpartisan)
- Richard Mayers (Nonpartisan)
- Roger Washington (Nonpartisan)
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.[2] In the general election for Ward 24, Vetress Boyce and Michael Scott, Jr. advanced past Frank M. Bass, Regina D. Lewis, Wallace E. "Mickey" Johnson, Sherita Ann Harris, Roger L. Washington, Ladarius R. Curtis, Larry G. Nelson and Darren Tillis.[3] Scott defeated Boyce in the runoff election on April 7, 2015.[4] Denarvis Mendenhall was removed from the ballot in December 2014. Marcus D. Thorne and Vernell L. Hollis-Swanigan withdrew from the race.[5] Ward 24 incumbent Michael Chandler had originally filed to run for re-election. On December 2, 2014, however, Chandler withdrew his name from the list of candidates.[6]
| Chicago City Council, Ward 24, Runoff Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Michael Scott, Jr. |
67.6% | 5,378 | |
| Vetress Boyce | 32.4% | 2,579 | |
| Total Votes | 7,957 | ||
| Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official runoff election results," accessed July 9, 2015 | |||
| Chicago City Council, Ward 24, General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Michael Scott, Jr. |
31.2% | 2,200 | |
| Vetress Boyce |
16.3% | 1,151 | |
| Darren Tillis | 14.4% | 1,016 | |
| Frank M. Bass | 11% | 772 | |
| Regina D. Lewis | 8.2% | 575 | |
| Wallace E. "Mickey" Johnson | 6.9% | 483 | |
| Sherita Ann Harris | 5.4% | 382 | |
| Ladarius R. Curtis | 2.8% | 199 | |
| Roger L. Washington | 2% | 140 | |
| Larry G. Nelson | 1.8% | 129 | |
| Total Votes | 5,714 | ||
| 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
Roger Washington did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Chicago Board of Election Commissioners - General Election Candidate List
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
- ↑ Chicago Sun Times, "Ald. Michael Chandler won’t seek fifth term," December 2, 2014
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