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Toni Foulkes
Toni Foulkes was a member of the Chicago City Council in Illinois, representing Ward 16. Foulkes assumed office in 2015. Foulkes left office on May 20, 2019.
Foulkes ran for re-election to the Chicago City Council to represent Ward 16 in Illinois. Foulkes lost in the general runoff election on April 2, 2019.
Foulkes previously represented Ward 15 from 2007 to 2015.[1] She announced that she would run for the Ward 16 seat in April 2014. Her decision was based on redistricting that took place in 2012. In regards to this transition, Foulkes said, "These neighborhoods are my friends, but Englewood is my family. Englewood is the community I was elected to represent in 2007, and I will not abort my African-American community."[2][3]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 16
Stephanie Coleman defeated incumbent Toni Foulkes in the general runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 16 on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephanie Coleman (Nonpartisan) | 66.1 | 3,822 | |
 | Toni Foulkes (Nonpartisan) | 33.9 | 1,958 | |
| Total votes: 5,780 | |||
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General election
General election for Chicago City Council Ward 16
The following candidates ran in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 16 on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Stephanie Coleman (Nonpartisan) | 44.1 | 2,464 | |
| ✔ | | Toni Foulkes (Nonpartisan) | 31.5 | 1,758 |
| Latasha Sanders (Nonpartisan) | 9.7 | 540 | ||
| Eddie Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 6.6 | 371 | ||
| Kenny Doss II (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 364 | ||
| Jeffrey Lewis (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 88 | ||
| Total votes: 5,585 | |||
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2015
The city of Chicago, Illinois, held elections for city council on February 24, 2015. A runoff will take place on April 7, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was November 24, 2014.[4] In the general election for Ward 16, Ward 15 incumbent Toni Foulkes and challenger Stephanie Coleman advanced past challengers Cynthia Lomax and Jose A. Garcia.[5] Foulkes narrowly defeated Coleman in the runoff election on April 7, 2015. Incumbent JoAnn Thompson passed away on February 9, 2015.[6] The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners removed her name from the ballot the following week.[7] Guadalupe Rivera and Jeffrey L. Lewis were removed from the ballot in January 2015.[8]
| Chicago City Council, Ward 16, Runoff Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Toni Foulkes Incumbent |
50.9% | 3,879 | |
| Stephanie Coleman | 49.1% | 3,736 | |
| Total Votes | 7,615 | ||
| Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official runoff election results," accessed July 9, 2015 | |||
| Chicago City Council, Ward 16, General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Toni Foulkes Incumbent |
43.9% | 2,571 | |
| Stephanie Coleman |
35.8% | 2,096 | |
| Jose A. Garcia | 14.2% | 830 | |
| Cynthia Lomax | 6.1% | 357 | |
| Total Votes | 5,854 | ||
| 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
Toni Foulkes did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Alderman Toni Foulkes, "About," accessed November 24, 2014
- ↑ DNA Info: Chicago, "Ald. Foulkes to Challenge Ald. Thompson for Englewood's 16th Ward," April 22, 2014
- ↑ DNA Info: Chicago, "New Ward Remap Unfair, Says Federal Lawsuit," April 2, 2013
- ↑ Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "2015 Election Calendar," accessed August 21, 2014
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Unofficial election results," accessed February 24, 2015
- ↑ CBS Chicago, "Chicago Alderman JoAnn Thompson Dies," February 10, 2015
- ↑ Chicago Sun-Times, "Board of Elections to remove Ald. JoAnn Thompson's name from ballots," February 10, 2015
- ↑ Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "General Election Candidate List," accessed December 3, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by JoAnn Thompson |
Chicago City Council, Ward 16 2015-2019 |
Succeeded by Stephanie Coleman |
| Preceded by - |
Chicago City Council, Ward 15 2007-2015 |
Succeeded by Raymond A. Lopez |
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