Five of six Chicago aldermen who ran for higher office lost their primary races. What went wrong, and what now?
53 years ago
They saw themselves walking the halls of Congress, wearing judges’ robes or smiling in portraits at driver’s license offices across Illinois. But with one exception, the six Chicago aldermen who tried to leave their jobs on the City Council for other elected gigs failed in Tuesday’s primary, leaving them to reexamine their political aspirations while remaining in a ...