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1923 Chicago aldermanic election
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1923 Chicago aldermanic election Chicago 1917 legislative 1921 Chicago aldermanic election 1921 1925 Chicago aldermanic election 1925 February 27 and April 3, 1923 All 50 seats in the Chicago City Council 26 Democratic Party (United States) 37 Republican Party (United States) 13 Chicago Aldermanic Results by Ward, 1923.png 300px Results by ward. The map shows the winning candidate's party affiliations even though aldermen ran as nonpartisans. A white asterisk (*) means the results for that ward were decided in a runoff vote.
Elections to the Chicago City Council were held on February 27, 1923.Aldermanic vote by Wards https://www.newspapers.com/image/355115468 December 18, 2018 Chicago Daily Tribune February 28, 1923 Candidates ran as nonpartisans, and in elections where no candidate received the majority of votes a runoff election was held between the top two finishers on April 3, the same day as the election for Mayor.Final results on aldermen https://www.newspapers.com/image/355257315 December 19, 2018 Chicago Daily Tribune April 4, 1923
This was the first election with the new city council composed of fifty wards electing one alderman each. Previously there had been 35 wards each electing two aldermen, for a total of 70 seats in the council. At the time of the election, however, only 61 of those seats were filled. Of those 61 incumbents, 47 ran and 29 were elected to form part of the new council.
All told, despite the nonpartisan nature of the election, candidates affiliated with the Democratic Party won 37 of the seats, while those affiliated with the Republican Party won 13 seats. 20 runoff elections were held, of which Democrats won 17 and Republicans 3. Two aldermen—Democrat Johnny Powers of the new 25th ward and Republican Joseph B. McDonough of the new 13th—were returned without opposition.
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