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Ward committeepeople are elected to unpaid positions to work on behalf of a local political party in their respective wards. Committeepeople help recruit potential candidates for office, organize voting efforts in their wards during elections, help fundraise for the party, vote to appoint officials to vacant elected positions and help decide which candidates the local party will endorse each election cycle.
In Chicago, 50 Democratic and Republican ward committeeperson seats were up for election March 19. Here are the results so far. An (I) will signify an incumbent candidate in a contest. Winners of each race will be listed in bold text accompanied by the percent of the overall vote they earned.
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