Election Night

On February 26, Neal hosted friends and family for a party to say thank you and to watch the election returns. There was charcuterie, laughter, a few tears, and a lot of love. Not too shabby for a candidate who was never expected to get on the ballot. The first election may be over (Chicago is headed to a run-off in April), but the work is just beginning. Show Notes New York Times story on the election (00:39) The Chicago Board of Elections' unofficial summary report put Neal at 1,426 votes, or 0.27% (2:45) Neal and fellow candidate John Kozlar graduated from the same Chicago high school (3:00) Voter turnout was 34.11 percent, close to a record low of 33 percent in 2007 (5:46) Candidate Willie Wilson handed out checks on Valentine's Day, ostensibly to help Chicagoans pay their property taxes, definitely not anything to do with trying to win an election, nope (8:25)

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Election Night is an episode from Neal Runs For Mayor by Wailin Wong.

This episode is 10:17 long.

This episode was published on Feb 28, 2019.

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