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Incumbent Patricia "Pat" Dowell won the 3rd Ward Alderman race Tuesday night, bringing in 8,647 votes to challenger Alexandria Willis' 3,884 with all 41 precincts reporting.
Dowell received 69 percent of the overall votes while Willis earned 31 percent, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. There were a total of 12,531 votes cast in the Ward 3 alderman race.
Under Chicago election laws, a run-off election is required if no candidate garners at least 50 percent of the votes.
Chicago has 1,581,755 registered voters, but overall only 530,797 (33.56 percent) cast ballots on Tuesday, which was a near record low turnout.
All results from Tuesday’s vote are unofficial until certified by the election board on March 13.
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| Candidate | Number of Votes | % of Votes |
| Patricia "Pat" Dowell* | 8,647 | 69.00% |
| Alexandria Willis | 3,884 | 31.00% |
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