Voters Side Mostly With Incumbents In Aurora Alderman Races: Results

AURORA, IL — The mayoral race in Aurora was hotly watched Tuesday night as challenger John Laesch overcame incumbent Mayor Richard Irvin. But voters also cast their ballots for City Council representatives.

Voters predominantly reelected incumbents for alderperson except in the alderman-at-large race, where challenger Keith Larson came on top with 58.05 percent of the vote to incumbent Ron Woerman's 41.95 percent, according to unofficial results from Kane, DuPage, Will and Kendall counties.

Larson is a political ally of John Laesch, who appears to have won the mayoral race, beating two-time incumbent Richard Irvin. The two plan to push for ethics reform to limit the influence of special interests in campaign donations, Larson said, according to the Chicago Tribune.

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Races in wards 9 and 10 — where Edward Bugg and Shweta Baid ran, respectively — were uncontested.

Here is a look at unofficial vote totals in the aldermanic races, with all precincts reporting in Kane, DuPage, Will and Kendall counties:

Alderman at Large

• Ron Woerman: 41.95 percent (6,761 votes)
• Keith Larson: 58.05 percent (9,355 votes)

Ward 1 (Unexpired two-year term)

• Hugo Saltijeral: 26.66 percent (486 votes)
• Daniel Barreiro: 42.51 percent (775 votes)
• Jeffrey Donelson: 12.94 percent (236 votes)
• Ray Hull: 17.88 percent (326 votes)

Ward 2

• Juany Garza: 58.78 perecent (415 votes)
• Alfonso Santoyo: 41.22 percent (291 votes)

Ward 4

• Jonathan Nunez: 60.81 percent (956 votes)
• Jeffrey Hansford: 39.19 percent (616 votes)

Ward 7

• Javier Banuelos: 49.3 percent (614 votes)
• Brandon Tolliver: 50.7 percent (631 votes)