Renne "Tex" Chavez
Renne Chavez ran for election to the Chicago City Council to represent Ward 31 in Illinois. Chavez was disqualified from the general election scheduled on February 26, 2019.
Chavez was previously a Republican candidate for Cook County Board of Commissioners in Illinois. Chavez lost the primary on March 20, 2018.
Chavez was a 2015 candidate for Ward 31 of the Chicago City Council.
Chavez was disqualified from the February 26, 2019 Alderman 31 Ward election, as he did not provide the required amount of petition signatures.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Chicago, Illinois (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 31
Felix Cardona Jr. defeated incumbent Milagros Santiago in the general runoff election for Chicago City Council Ward 31 on April 2, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Felix Cardona Jr. (Nonpartisan)  | 54.3 | 3,584 | |
| Milagros Santiago (Nonpartisan) | 45.7 | 3,017 | ||
| Total votes: 6,601 | |||
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General election
General election for Chicago City Council Ward 31
Incumbent Milagros Santiago and Felix Cardona Jr. advanced to a runoff. They defeated Colin Bird-Martinez in the general election for Chicago City Council Ward 31 on February 26, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Milagros Santiago (Nonpartisan) | 40.3 | 2,588 | |
| ✔ | Felix Cardona Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 33.2 | 2,132 | |
 | Colin Bird-Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 26.5 | 1,699 | |
| Total votes: 6,419 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Renne Chavez (Nonpartisan)
2018
General election
General election for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 8
Incumbent Luis Arroyo Jr. defeated Walter Zarnecki in the general election for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Luis Arroyo Jr. (D) | 89.3 | 73,296 | |
| Walter Zarnecki (R) | 10.7 | 8,792 | ||
| Total votes: 82,088 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 8
Incumbent Luis Arroyo Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 8 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Luis Arroyo Jr. | 100.0 | 30,512 | |
| Total votes: 30,512 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 8
Walter Zarnecki defeated Renne Chavez in the Republican primary for Cook County Board of Commissioners District 8 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Walter Zarnecki | 67.8 | 1,253 | |
| Renne Chavez | 32.2 | 595 | ||
| Total votes: 1,848 | |||
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2015
The city of Chicago, Illinois, held elections for city council on February 24, 2015. A runoff will take place in Ward 31 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 31, incumbent Ray Suarez and Milagros "Milly" Santiago advanced past Sean C. Starr and Irma Cornier.[3] Santiago defeated Suarez in the runoff election on April 7, 2015.[4] Renne "Tex" Chavez was removed from the ballot in December 2014.[5][6]
| Chicago City Council, Ward 31, Runoff Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Milagros "Milly" Santiago |
50.5% | 4,218 | |
| Ray Suarez Incumbent | 49.5% | 4,139 | |
| Total Votes | 8,357 | ||
| Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "Official runoff election results," accessed July 9, 2015 | |||
| Chicago City Council, Ward 31, General Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Ray Suarez Incumbent |
48% | 2,778 | |
| Milagros "Milly" Santiago |
37.1% | 2,146 | |
| Sean C. Starr | 9.8% | 568 | |
| Irma Cornier | 5.1% | 293 | |
| Total Votes | 5,785 | ||
| 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
Renne Chavez did not complete Ballotpedia's Chicago candidates survey for 2019.
See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Cook County Board of Commissioners
- 2015 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 Tribune, "Unofficial Election Results," accessed February 24, 2015
- ↑ Chicago Board of Election Commissioners, "General Election Candidate List," accessed December 3, 2014
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