The mayoral runoff on April 7 is not the only undecided race in Chicago. Runoff elections will also be held in 19 wards to determine undecided aldermanic races, including several that are of particular interest to the Jewish community. These include the new 2nd ward, 43rd ward, and 46th ward.

New 2nd Ward: Six candidates ran for the new 2nd ward alderman spot, which will see a runoff between Alyx Pattision, a lawyer, and Brian Hopkins, Cook County Commissioner John Daley’s Chief of Staff. Pattision, who earned 24.4 percent of votes and Hopkins, who received 29.4 percent of the votes, will continue to aggressively campaign in the 2nd ward, which now encompasses parts of Streeterville, Lincoln Park, Bucktown, Wicker Park, Ukrainian Village and pieces of the Gold Coast.

43rd Ward: There were a total of four candidates in the 43rd ward: Alderman Michele Smith, a former federal prosecutor and one of two Jewish aldermen in Chicago (41.5 percent), Caroline Vickrey (35.7 percent), Jen Kramer (16.9 percent) and Jen Quandt (6.9 percent). Of the 30,254 registered voters in the 43rd, only 9,712 participated. This will be the third runoff for Smith. Vickery, a 20 year resident of the 43rd ward, is a former lawyer turned community volunteer. She is a member of the Oz Park Advisory Council, local school council, and is a MidNorth Association board member.

46th Ward: Also anticipating a tough race, incumbent James Cappleman, a social worker, gathered 46.7 percent of votes and faces a run-off with Amy Crawford, who obtained 37.66 percent. Crawford, a partner at Kirkland and Ellis, is a longtime Uptown resident and a board member of the Northside Federal Credit Union. The 46th ward encompasses EZRA and Anshe Emet Synagogue.

50th Ward: Jewish Alderman Debra Silverstien won with a decisive 64 percent of the votes. Silverstein’s ward is home to 19 Federation agencies, the largest concentration of Federation agencies in Chicago, including several Associate Talmud Torah programs, Jewish Child and Family Services, and CJE SeniorLife. The 50th is a chunk of West Rogers Park, ranging from Ridgeway to the East, a portion of Peterson to the south, Kedzie to the west, and Touhy to the north.