Voting closed at 7:00 p.m. today in the special election for the Fourth Ward Alderman seat. Sophia King, who was appointed to fill Will Burns' seat by Mayor Rahm Emanual last year, has won.
Read up on the candidates here.
9:20 p.m., 38 of 38 precints counted
Registration: 36,588 Turnout: 6,729 (18.39%)
Sophia King: 4,286 (63.77%)
Ebony D. Lucas: 1,179 (17.54%)
Gregory Seal Livingston: 440 (6.55%)
Marcellus H. Moore, Jr.: 410 (6.10%)
Gerald Scott McCarthy: 406 (6.04%)
8:35 p.m., 33 of 38 precincts counted
Sophia King: 3665 (63.54%)
Ebony D. Lucas: 1007 (17.45%)
Marcellus H. Moore, Jr.: 365 (6.33%)
Gerald Scott McCarthy: 365 (6.33%)
Gregory Seal Livingston: 358 (6.21%)
Total: 5768
8:05 p.m., 28 of 38 precincts counted
18% of voters registered voted in the fourth ward special election. Incumbent Sophia King is positioned to win by a large margin.
Sophia King: 3,135 (63.59%)
Ebony D. Lucas: 860 (17.44%)
Marcellus H. Moore, Jr.: 317 (6.43%)
Gregory Seal Livingston: 310 (6.28%)
Gerald Scott McCarthy: 301 (6.11%)
Total: 4,930
7:40 p.m., 25 of 38 precincts counted
Sophia King: 2,719 (62.51%)
Ebony D. Lucas: 787 (18.09%)
Marcellus H. Moore, Jr.: 297 (6.83%)
Gregory Seal Livingston: 282 (6.48%)
Gerald Scott McCarthy: 265 (6.09%)
Total: 4,350
