CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - With the polls officially closed in Chicago, the latest numbers from the Chicago Board of Elections revealed trends similar to February's general election.
Max Bever, with the Chicago Board of Elections, said citywide turnout neared 33%, with over 90,000 mail-in ballots outstanding.
With just over 87% of the vote counted, the Board of Elections was reporting that Paul Vallas was leading Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson by 370 votes.
Earlier in election day, Bever said Chicago was "hitting the repeat button in many ways" when it comes to voter turnout.
"It looks like we're heading back into somewhat of a slow and sleepy election day, just like February 28," he said. "It's becoming clear that we have probably a similar amount of total voters for municipal elections in Chicago."
But he said there is a silver lining.
"It looks like we might have some improvement on Election Day voting for February 28 as well as an overall bump comparatively to February 28 For this April 4 election."
Bever said early voters have been especially fired up.
"Early voting was definitely very strong heading into Election Day. We just broke a record last night for a municipal election by having 30,000 votes just in one day. "
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