Polls have been closed for just under an hour, but the results are already looking pretty conclusive. The top vote-getters in the mayoral race are Bill Foster at 26.97%, Kathleen Ford at 25.87%, Deveron Gibbons at 19.51% and Scott Wagman at 15.03%. With 92 percent of precincts reporting, it looks like Ford and Foster will hold on to the two top spots; if this election is any indication, the general is going to be close.
In City Council races, the three top vote-getters are Karl Nurse in District 6, Leslie Curran in District 4 and Steve Kornell in District 5.
UPDATE 8:45 PM: With 95% of precincts reporting, it's still Foster and Ford, at 27.05% and 25.72% respectively.
This article appears in Sep 2-8, 2009.