Chicago City Wire

Challenger Andre Vasquez unseated 40th Ward Alderman Patrick O'Connor in Tuesday's election. 

With all 39 precincts reporting, Vasquez had 53.9 percent of the vote (7,269) to O'Connor's 46.1 percent (6,209), according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.

O'Connor is a longtime alderman, having held the post for 36 years.  He serves as outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel's floor leader and is the chairman of the council's Finance Committee. 

Vasquez is a political newcomer who works for AT&T and is a former rapper. He won the endorsement of the Democratic Socialists of America.

The 40th Ward includes parts of Edgewater, Lincoln Square West Andersonville and West Ridge.

Voter turnout was extremely light Tuesday with only 495,328 ballots cast overall among 1,592,658 registered voters, according to the election board. 

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Chicago Voter Turnout by Ward 2011 vs. 2015

Ward	2011	2015	% Change
1	10,564	8,566	-18.9%
2	15,241	10,535	-30.9%
3	9,324	10,786	15.7%
4	13,757	12,082	-12.2%
5	12,325	11,682	-5.2%
6	15,353	11,162	-27.3%
7	12,623	10,849	-14.1%
8	16,148	13,820	-14.4%
9	11,346	12,099	6.6%
10	10,848	9,626	-11.3%
11	11,385	9,788	-14.0%
12	4,964	5,052	1.8%
13	12,545	11,316	-9.8%
14	6,590	6,086	-7.6%
15	7,282	4,726	-35.1%
16	6,356	6,231	-2.0%
17	10,279	8,837	-14.0%
18	15,709	12,394	-21.1%
19	24,007	18,348	-23.6%
20	7,775	7,001	-10.0%
21	16,031	13,539	-15.5%
22	4,802	5,386	12.2%
23	16,638	9,746	-41.4%
24	9,633	7,391	-23.3%
25	9,057	7,844	-13.4%
26	7,934	6,894	-13.1%
27	9,895	8,928	-9.8%
28	8,497	7,824	-7.9%
29	10,933	11,231	2.7%
30	6,511	5,146	-21.0%
31	6,490	5,930	-8.6%
32	14,096	8,696	-38.3%
33	8,175	8,403	2.8%
34	14,587	12,733	-12.7%
35	9,070	6,348	-30.0%
36	14,447	6,120	-57.6%
37	8,977	8,478	-5.6%
38	12,494	11,369	-9.0%
39	10,844	11,464	5.7%
40	10,629	9,921	-6.7%
41	20,398	15,156	-25.7%
42	18,900	8,980	-52.5%
43	15,015	10,687	-28.8%
44	13,114	9,503	-27.5%
45	16,148	13,193	-18.3%
46	14,611	10,693	-26.8%
47	17,345	12,588	-27.4%
48	13,457	11,374	-15.5%
49	9,929	9,031	-9.0%
50	11,656	8,118	-30.4%
TOTAL	594,734	483,700	-18.7%

Source: Chicago Board of Election Commissioners