After a tumultuous primary season, businessman J.B. Pritzker won the Democratic spot in the 2018 gubernatorial election, where he'll take on Republican incumbent Bruce Rauner.
Pritzker and running mate Juliana Stratton won the vote in Chicago, according to the Chicago Board of Election data. Pritzker had 198,569 votes in the the city, about 45 percent. State Sen. Daniel Biss, D-Evanston, followed, with 119,201 votes, about 27 percent, while businessman Chris Kennedy had about 103,977 votes, about 24 percent.
Biss had a strong show of support on the North Side, including in several wards with large LGBT populations. The senator won about 45 percent of the Democratic vote in the 44th Ward, where much of Boystown is located, as well as 42 percent of the vote in the 46th Ward, which includes much of Uptown. Among wards he also won were the 48th Ward, where he had 45 percent of Democratic votes, and the 49th Ward, with 53 percent.
Statewide, Pritzker had 573,679 votes ( 45.1 percent ); Biss 337,842 ( 26.2 percent ), Kennedy 308,731 ( 24.3 percent ), Tio Hardiman 20,479 ( 1.6 percent ), Bob Daiber 14,814 ( 1.2 percent ), and Robert Marshall 14,193 ( 1.1 percent ). Pritzker won 98 of the counties in Illinois, while Kennedy and Biss each won two.
Rauner won the Republican race against anti-LGBT state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, in a much narrower race than Republican insiders were expecting, capturing 54 percent of the vote. Statewide, Rauner received 362,721 votes to Ives' 342,906, or 51.40 percent to 48.6 percent.
Chart at www.windycitymediagroup.com/pdf/HowWardsVoted.pdf .
Complete election data is available at chicagoelections.com/en/election-results.html ..