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Carlos Ramirez-Rosa won the Ward 35 alderman race Tuesday night, bringing in 4,536 votes to challenger Amanda Yu Dieterich's 3,078 with all 31 precincts reporting.
Ramirez-Rosa received 59.57 percent of the overall votes while Yu Dieterich earned 40.43 percent, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. There were a total of 7,614 votes cast in the Ward 35 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 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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Chicago's Ward 35 Alderman Results
Candidate | Number of Votes | Percent of Vote |
Carlos Ramirez-Rosa * | 4,536 | 59.57% |
Amanda Yu Dieterich | 3,078 | 40.43% |