Community organizer Desmon Yancy clinched his election as the next alderperson of the 5th Ward on Wednesday, with opponent Tina Hone conceding eight days after the polls closed on their South Side runoff.
into shaper focus, as the incoming legislative body will see 18 women sworn in next month — an increase of three since 2019 that matches the city’s all-time high for representation by women set in 2007.
Yancy, who is also a religious charity director, will replace retiring Ald. Leslie Hairston as head of the Hyde Park ward that will soon see the Obama Presidential Center open. That group remains unofficial, because two other City Council runoffs still haven’t reached a consensus result a week after the election. But it would take a major mail ballot upset for either of the leaders in those two contests to fall behind.
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