Correction : former Cook County Democratic Party chairman “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak ran for mayor as a Republican in 1989.
A friend of mine, a retired Chicago Cop sent me this comment regarding the mayoral race:
“Prepare for a long, drawn out drama stretching weeks after election day, counting mail-in ballots and settling other issues. I don’t expect a winner officially announced for another month.”
As to Fast Eddie, wish he would have won; I liked Fast Eddie’s style and he would have made a good mayor. Probably as corrupt as the rest of them, but a conservative at heart.